 | United States. Congress - 1830 - 692 strani
...weighed the chances of preserving liberty, when the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice...the abyss below"; nor could I regard him as a safe counsellor, in the affairs of this Government, whose thoughts should be mainly bent on considering,... | |
 | Charles Knapp Dillaway - 1830 - 484 strani
...weighed the chances of preserving liberty, when the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice...the abyss below ; nor could I regard him as a safe counsellor in the affairs of this government, whose thoughts should be mainly bent on considering,... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1830 - 518 strani
...weighed the chances of preserving liberty when the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice...the abyss below; nor could I regard him as a safe counsellor in the affairs of this government, whose thoughts should be mainly bent on considering,... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1830 - 334 strani
...weighed the chances of preserving liberty, when the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder; I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice...the abyss below ; nor could I regard him as a safe counsellor in the affairs of this Government, whose thoughts should be mainly bent on considering,... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1830 - 692 strani
...weighed the chances of preserving liberty, when the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice...the abyss below; nor could I regard him as a safe counsellor, in the affairs of this Government, whose thoughts should be mainly bent on considering,... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1830 - 518 strani
...weighed the chances of preserving liberty when the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion, to see whethei, with my short sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below; nor could I regard him as... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1831 - 356 strani
...weighed the chances of preserving liberty, when the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice...the abyss below; nor could I regard him as a safe counsellor in the affairs of this government, whose thoughts should be mainly bent on considering,... | |
 | George Ticknor - 1831 - 56 strani
...weighed the chances of preserving liberty when the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice...the abyss below; nor could I regard him as a safe counsellor in the affairs of this government, whose thoughts should be mainly bent on considering,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1832 - 310 strani
...weighed the chances of preserving liberty, when the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice...the abyss below : nor could I regard him as a safe counsellor in the affairs of this Government, whose thoughts should be mainly bent on considering,... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1832 - 338 strani
...weighed the chances of preserving liberty when the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice...the abyss below ; nor could I regard him as a safe counsellor in the affairs of this government, whose thoughts should be mainly bent on considering,... | |
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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... 
