 We are reduced to the alternative of choosing an unconditional submission to the tyranny of irritated ministers, or resistance by force. The latter is our choice. We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery.  Universal history, ancient and modern - Σελίδα 244των William Fordyce Mavor - 1806Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | Benson John Lossing - 1881 - 926 σελίδες
...king, and conciliatory addresses to the people of Great Britain. At the same time they said firmly, " We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery." They did not foolishly lose present advantages in waiting for a reply, but pressed forward in the work... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1884 - 480 σελίδες
...unconditional submission to irritated ministers, or resistance by force. The latter is our choice. We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery. Our cause is just, our union is perfect, our internal resources are great, and, if necessary, foreign... | |
 | John Robert Irelan - 1886 - 536 σελίδες
...submission to the tyranny of irritated ministers, or resistance by force. The latter is our choice. We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery. Honor, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1866 - 402 σελίδες
...choosing an unconditional submission to tyranny, or resistance by force. The latter is our choice. We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery. Honor, justice, and humanity forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from ovir... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1886 - 486 σελίδες
...unconditional submission to irritated ministers, or resistance by force. The latter is our choice. We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery. Our cause is just, our union is perfect, our internal resources are great, and, if necessary, foreign... | |
 | William Whitelock - 1887 - 390 σελίδες
...liberties, being with one mind resolved to die freemen rather than live slaves. He declared further, " We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery. Our cause is just, our union perfect, our resources great, and foreign assistance is undoubtedly attainable."... | |
 | 1890 - 880 σελίδες
...submission to the tyranny of irritated ministers or resistance by force. The latter is our choice. We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery. . . . We have not raised armies with ambitious designs of separating from Great Britain and establishing... | |
 | Charles Janeway Stillé - 1891 - 468 σελίδες
...DECLARATION ON TAKING UP ARMS. before Boston, were answered "by a shout in three huzzas and a loud amen :" "We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery. . . . Our cause is just, our union is perfect, our internal resources are great, and, if necessary,... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Frank Weitenkampf, John Porter Lamberton - 1895 - 466 σελίδες
...submission to the tyranny of irritated ministers, or resistance by force. The latter is our choice. We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery. Honor, justice and humanity forbid us to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant... | |
 | George Ticknor Curtis - 1896 - 812 σελίδες
...submission to the tyranny of irritated Ministers, or resistance by foree. The latter is our cheice. We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery. Honour, justice, and humanity forbid us tamely to surrender that frcedom which we received from our... | |
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