 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. A geographical...  The American Whig Review - Страница 1311848Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | 1862 - 822 страници
...the clean cut of a knifo. Upon such a division Jefferson remarked long ago, ' A geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle, moral and political,...passions of men, will never be obliterated, and every irritation will make it deeper and deeper.' There is a truth in these words which gave the force to... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1829 - 594 страници
...hushed, indeed, for the moment. But this is a reprieve only, not a final sentence. A geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle, moral and political,...every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper. 1 can say, with conscious truth, that there is not a man on earth who would sacrifice more than I would... | |
 | B. L. Rayner - 1832 - 568 страници
...hushed, indeed, for the moment. But this is a reprieve only, not a final sentence. A geographical line. coinciding with a marked principle. moral and political,...of men, will never be obliterated ; and every new irration will mark it deeper and deeper. I can say, with conscious truth, that there is not a man on... | |
 | B. L. Rayner - 1832 - 982 страници
...conceived and held up to the angry passions of men, will never be obliterated ; and every new irration will mark it deeper and deeper. I can say, with conscious...that there is not a man on earth who would sacrifice more-than I would to relieve us from this heavy reproach, in any practicable way. The cession of that... | |
 | 1848 - 594 страници
...bushed 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,...on earth who would sacrifice more than I would, to relievo us from this henvy reproach, in any practicable way. The cession of that kind of property (for... | |
 | 1848 - 624 страници
...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,...I can say with conscious truth, that there is not n man on earth who would sacrifice more than I would, to relieve us from this heavy reproach, in any... | |
 | 1849 - 606 страници
...hushed, indeed, for the moment. 13ut this is a reprieve only, not a final sentence. A geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle, moral and political,...every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper. Of one thing I am certain, that as the passage of slaves from one state to another, would not make... | |
 | 1849 - 604 страници
...hushed, indeed, for the moment. But this is a reprieve only, not a final sentence. A geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle, moral and political,...every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper. Of one thing I am certain, that as the passage of slaves from one state to another, would not make... | |
 | John Caldwell Calhoun - 1854 - 762 страници
...question] is hushed for the moment. But this is A reprieve only, not a final sentence. A geographical line coinciding with a marked principle, moral and political,...every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper." Twenty-eight years have passed since these remarkable words were penned, and there is not a thought... | |
 | 1854 - 788 страници
...only opened them wider — because in the powerful language of Mr. Jefferson, " a geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle, moral and political,...never be obliterated, and every new irritation will make it deeper and deeper." Southern men saw and felt this from the beginning — »11 men can read... | |
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