 | Robert Templeman Craighill - 1880 - 370 strani
...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. Honour, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our... | |
 | Egerton Ryerson - 1880 - 576 strani
...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. Honour, justice, and humanity forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1881 - 926 strani
...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 strani
...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 assistance... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1886 - 486 strani
...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 assistance... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1866 - 402 strani
...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... | |
 | John Robert Irelan - 1886 - 536 strani
...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... | |
 | William Whitelock - 1887 - 390 strani
...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 strani
...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 strani
...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...so dreadful as voluntary slavery. . . . Our cause is just, our union is perfect, our internal resources are great, and, if necessary, foreign assistance... | |
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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. 
