 | Salem Town, Nelson M. Holbrook - 1864 - 516 oldal
...benefits. It has been to us all a copious fountain of national, social, and personal happiness. i 3. I have not allowed myself, sir, to look beyond the...see whether, with my short sight, I can fathom the abyss below ; nor could I regard him as a safe counselor in the affairs of the government, whose thoughts... | |
 | 1913 - 624 oldal
...it must, amidst the proudest monuments of its own glory, and on the very spot of its origin. serving liberty when the bonds that unite us together shall...my 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... | |
 | Jeffrey Jerome Cohen - 1996 - 331 oldal
...Hayne and other sectionalists proposed, afraid of "what might lie hidden in the dark recesses behind 1 have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice...my short sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below." Further, Webster conjured up the image of his own deathbed, illustrating how damaging a separation... | |
 | Robert Vincent Remini - 1997 - 830 oldal
...social, and personal happiness." Finally he swung into his remarkable and justly celebrated peroration. I have not allowed myself. Sir to look beyond the...see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. . . . While the Union lasts, we have high, exciting, gratifving prospects spread out before us, for... | |
 | Lewis Copeland, Lawrence W. Lamm, Stephen J. McKenna - 1999 - 978 oldal
...not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liherty when the bonds that unite us together shall he broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang...my 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... | |
 | Diane Ravitch - 2000 - 662 oldal
...the two great branches of our public trust, faithfully to preserve, and wisely to administer it. ... I have not allowed myself, sir, to look beyond the...my short sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below; nor could I regard him as a safe counselor in the affairs of this government, whose thoughts... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - 2002 - 696 oldal
...its benefits. It has been to us all a copious fountain of national, social, and personal happiness. I have not allowed myself, sir, to look beyond the Union, to see what might he hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty, when... | |
 | Oliver J. Thatcher - 2004 - 476 oldal
...its benefits. It has been to us all a copious fountain of national, social, and personal happiness. I have not allowed myself, sir, to look beyond the...my 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... | |
 | William Safire - 2004 - 1168 oldal
...the motion of this night. • Senator Daniel Webster Backs the Union in His Reply to Senator Hayne "I have not allowed myself, sir, to look beyond the...what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind." IN 1829, Samuel Foot proposed in the US Senate what became known as the Foot resolution, an inquiry... | |
 | John Channing Briggs - 2005 - 396 oldal
...lie "beyond the Union" — beyond the familiar bonds that had managed to balance slavery and freedom: "I have not allowed myself, Sir, to look beyond the...lie hidden in the dark recess behind. ... I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion, to see whether, with my short sight, I can... | |
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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... 
