But this momentous question, like a fire-bell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror. I considered it at once as the knell of the Union. It is hushed, indeed, for the moment. But this is a reprieve only, not a final sentence. The Southern Review - Σελίδα 206επεξεργασία από - 1867Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
| 1849 - 604 σελίδες
...the night, has awakened and filled me with terror. I considered it at once the knell of the Uuiun. It is hushed, indeed, for the moment. But this is...of men, will never be obliterated ; and every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper. Of one thing I am certain, that as the passage of slaves... | |
| 1849 - 606 σελίδες
...terror. I considered it at once, the knell of the Union. It is hushed, indeed, for the moment. 13ut this is a reprieve only, not a final sentence. A geographical...of men, will never be obliterated ; and every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper. Of one thing I am certain, that as the passage of slaves... | |
| 1848 - 708 σελίδες
...the ntcht, awakened and filled me with terror. I considered it at ünce as the knell ol the Unton. It is hushed, indeed, for the moment. But this is...reprieve only, not a final sentence. A geographical hne, coinciding with a marked principle, moral and political, once conceived and held up to the angry... | |
| 1854 - 788 σελίδες
...sectional discord, it has only opened them wider — because in the powerful language of Mr. Jefferson, " a geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle,...passions of men, will never be obliterated, and every new irritation will make it deeper and deeper." Southern men saw and felt this from the beginning — »11... | |
| John Caldwell Calhoun - 1854 - 762 σελίδες
...a fire-bell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror. I considered it at once as the knell of the Union. It is hushed, indeed, for the moment. But this is a reprieve only, not the final sentence. A geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle, moral and political, once... | |
| Michael W. Cluskey - 1857 - 672 σελίδες
...he, Mr. Jefferson's prophetic words ! Mark his profound reasoning ! " ' It, the question, is hushed g k ߀ , ܲ遀 쁀 U Ԁ 0 ; 낀 pasI 358 »ions of men, will never be obliterated, and every new irritation will mark it deeper and... | |
| Henry Stephens Randall - 1858 - 916 σελίδες
...a fire-bell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror. I considered it at once as the knell of the Union. It is hushed, indeed, for the moment....passions of men, will never be obliterated; and every new irritation will mark it deeper aiui deeper. I can say, with conscious truth, that there is not a man... | |
| Henry Stephens Randall - 1858 - 766 σελίδες
...a fire-bell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror. I considered it at once ns the knell of the Union. It is hushed, indeed, for the moment....of men, will never be obliterated ; and every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper. I can say, with conscious truth, that there is not a man... | |
| Henry Stephens Randall - 1858 - 758 σελίδες
...a fire-bell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror. I considered it at once as the knell of the Union. It is hushed, indeed, for the moment. But this is 4 reprieve only, not a final sentence. A geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle, moral... | |
| Michael W. Cluskey - 1859 - 812 σελίδες
...filled me with terror. I considered it at once as th' knell of the Union. It is hushed, indeed, fortlw moment ; but this is a reprieve only, not a final...of men, will never be obliterated ; and every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper. * * * If they would but dispassionately weigh the blessings... | |
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