 | William Wirt - 1845 - 314 pages
...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...inevitable—and let it come !! I repeat it, sir, let it come 1!! " It is vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, peace, peace—but there is no peace.... | |
 | 1845 - 558 pages
...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...may be heard on the plains of Boston ! The war is inevitable — and let it come ! I repeat it, sir, let it come. It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1845 - 348 pages
...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...may be heard on the plains of Boston ! The war is inevitable — and let it come ! ! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! ! ! * 11. It is in vain, sir, to... | |
 | John Frost - 1845 - 458 pages
...sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire frorrt the contest. There is no retreat, but in submission and...may be heard on the plains of Boston ! The war is inevitable — and let it come ! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the... | |
 | Lyman Cobb - 1845 - 252 pages
...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...may be heard on the plains of Boston ! The war is inevitable; and let it come ! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! 7. It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the... | |
 | James Grahame - 1845 - 536 pages
...have no longer a choice. 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...clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston. The war is inevitable, — and let it come ! Gentlemen may cry, ' Peace ! Peace ! ' — but there is no peace.... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1845 - 494 pages
...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...may be heard on the plains of Boston ! The war is inevitable — and let it come ! — I repeat it, sir, let it come ! It is vain, sir, to extenuate... | |
 | James Edward Murdoch, William Russell - 1845 - 422 pages
...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...may be heard on the plains of Boston ! The war is inevitable — and let it come ! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1845 - 494 pages
...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...may be heard on the plains of Boston ! The war is inevitable — and let it eome ! ! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! ! ! " It is in vain, sir, to extenuate... | |
 | James Edward Murdoch, William Russell - 1845 - 370 pages
...chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston. The war is inevitable ; and let it come ! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! " It...extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, ' Peace, peace ! ' — but there is no peace : the war is actually begun ! — The next gale that sweeps from... | |
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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 is inevitable, and let it come!... 
