 | William Henry Smith - 1903 - 476 Seiten
...questions of slavery, of finance, of tariff, until the Union is restored. We must go into the South with the sword in one hand and the olive branch in the other. We have had blood enough; we must have peace.1 In the Empire State the Democratic managers were cautious... | |
 | George Spring Merriam - 1906 - 482 Seiten
...and the force bill were passed together, and signed the same day. Confronted by the government with the sword in one hand and the olive branch in the other, South Carolina retracted — it was not a capitulation — and repealed the ordinance. Nullification... | |
 | Justin Harvey Smith - 1907 - 680 Seiten
...but he proved lacking enough in wisdom. 'You know it was said,' wrote Franklin to Priestley, 'that he carried the sword in one hand and the olive branch...he chose to give them a taste of the sword first.' At Lexington the red cup was offered the patriots and with a steady hand accepted; and from that crimson-spotted... | |
 | Justin Harvey Smith - 1907 - 678 Seiten
...but he proved lacking enough in wisdom. 'You know it was said,' wrote Franklin to Priestley, 'that he carried the sword in one hand and the olive branch...other ; and it seems he chose to give them a taste ot the sword first.' At Lexington the red cup was offered the patriots and with a steady hand accepted;... | |
 | Arthur Edward Mainwaring - 1911 - 620 Seiten
...'All cruelty and oppression was to be avoided and every caution observed ; they were to go forth with the sword in one hand and the olive branch in the other ! ' Mr. Aungier, Governor of Bombay, died on the 30th of July, 1 Bombay Letter-book. 1677, and was... | |
 | 1913 - 118 Seiten
...sir: Any one coming to the good old county of Henry with such good credentials as you bear, to-wit : The sword in one hand and the olive branch in the other, a slight or any discourtesy extended or offered you will be regarded by each one of us as an affront... | |
 | Edmund Cody Burnett - 1921 - 650 Seiten
...a vigorous defensive War, but at the Same Time to keep open the Door of Reconciliation, — to hold the Sword in one Hand and the olive Branch in the other — to proceed with Warlike Measures, and conciliatory Measures Pari Passu.* I am myself as fond of... | |
 | David Saville Muzzey - 1922 - 696 Seiten
...purpose was to "pursue a bold and firm course" toward Mexico and to "conquer a peace" by waging war with the sword in one hand and the olive branch in the other, was maturing his plans in Washington. On the very day that the battle of Palo Alto was fought, Slidell,... | |
 | Oscar W. Firkins - 1925 - 670 Seiten
...fighting", and three days later his language is still more decided: "The attempt to carry on the war with the sword in one hand and the olive branch in the other against an enemy with a sword in one hand, a revolver in the other, and his belt full of bowie knives.... | |
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You know it was said he carried the sword in one hand, and the olive branch in the other; and it seems he chose to give them a taste of the sword first. 
