 | United States. Congress - 1830 - 692 Seiten
...Union, to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty, when the bonds that unite us...the abyss below"; nor could I regard him as a safe counsellor, in the affairs of this Government, whose thoughts should be mainly bent on considering,... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1830 - 334 Seiten
...Union, to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty, when the bonds that unite us...the abyss below ; nor could I regard him as a safe counsellor in the affairs of this Government, whose thoughts should be mainly bent on considering,... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1830 - 692 Seiten
...Union, to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty, when the bonds that unite us...the abyss below; nor could I regard him as a safe counsellor, in the affairs of this Government, whose thoughts should be mainly bent on considering,... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1830 - 518 Seiten
...union, to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty when the bonds that unite us...the abyss below; nor could I regard him as a safe counsellor in the affairs of this government, whose thoughts should be mainly bent on considering,... | |
 | Charles Knapp Dillaway - 1830 - 484 Seiten
...union, to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty, when the bonds that unite us...the abyss below ; nor could I regard him as a safe counsellor in the affairs of this government, whose thoughts should be mainly bent on considering,... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1830 - 518 Seiten
...union, to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty when the bonds that unite us...myself to hang over the precipice of disunion, to see whethei, with my short sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below; nor could I regard him as... | |
 | George Ticknor - 1831 - 56 Seiten
...union, To see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty when the bonds that unite us...the abyss below; nor could I regard him as a safe counsellor in the affairs of this government, whose thoughts should be mainly bent on considering,... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1831 - 356 Seiten
...union, to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty, when the bonds that unite us...the abyss below; nor could I regard him as a safe counsellor in the affairs of this government, whose thoughts should be mainly bent on considering,... | |
 | Samuel Lorenzo Knapp - 1831 - 248 Seiten
...short sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below ; nor could I regard him as a safe counsellor in the affairs of this Government, whose thoughts...should be mainly bent on considering, not how the Union should be best preserved, but how tolerable might be the condition of the people when it shall be broken... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1832 - 338 Seiten
...union, to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty when the bonds that unite us...the abyss below ; nor could I regard him as a safe counsellor in the affairs of this government, whose thoughts should be mainly bent on considering,... | |
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I have not allowed myself, sir, to look beyond the Union to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty when the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder. I have not accustomed... 
