Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war... The Eaton Readers... - Page 170edited by - 1906Full view - About this book
| A citizen of Pittsburgh - Readers - 1818 - 276 pages
...friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, Sir, is not to the strong alone ; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, Sir, we have no election....the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery ! Our chains are forged : — their clanking might be heard on the plains of Boston ! The... | |
| Hezekiah Niles - United States - 1822 - 526 pages
...friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; ills to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election....the contest. There is no retreat, but in submission vid sluvery! Our chains are forged: their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is... | |
| Hezekiah Niles - United States - 1822 - 514 pages
...battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, air, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire...the contest. There is no retreat, but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged: their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is... | |
| Hezekiah Niles - United States - 1822 - 518 pages
...air, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, •ir, яе have no election. If we were base enough to desire...the contest. There is no retreat, but in submission »nd slavery! Our chains are forged: their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war i-.... | |
| 1822 - 734 pages
...strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. But we have no election. If we were bate enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire...the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery— our chains are forged — their clanking may be heard upon the plains of Boston. The... | |
| Thomas Jones Rogers - United States - 1823 - 376 pages
...friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election....the contest. There is no retreat, but in submission and slavery ! Our chains are forged. — Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war... | |
| Statesmen - 1824 - 516 pages
...battle, sir, is not to the strong alone : it is to the vigilant, the activ e, the brave. Besides^sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire...the contest. There is no retreat, but in submission and slavery ! Our chains are forged ! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston ! The war... | |
| Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1827 - 540 pages
...friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, -the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desireit, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat, but in submission and... | |
| J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - Elocution - 1828 - 314 pages
...alone. There is a just God ¥ll8 #1S S&SS. .P^ir. Jifi- destinies of nations : and The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to thevigilant,...the contest. There is no retreat, but in submission and slavery ! Ouv chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston ! The war... | |
| George Merriam - Readers - 1828 - 286 pages
...friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, Sir, is not to the strong alone ; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, Sir, we have no election....the contest. There is no retreat, but in submission and slavery ! ! Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston ! The war... | |
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