 | Glenn M. Linden - 2001 - 280 strani
...and inviolable Union. Daniel Webster stated this article of faith eloquently in 1830 when he said: "When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last...and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union ... let her last feeble and lingering gleams rather behold the gorgeous ensign of the republic, now... | |
 | Benson Bobrick - 2008 - 296 strani
...veil. God grant that, in my day at least, that curtain may not rise ... on the broken and dishonoured fragments of a once glorious union; on States dissevered,...feuds, or drenched it may be, in fraternal blood!" As the years passed, the population of the free states increased faster than that of the slave, giving... | |
 | Oliver J. Thatcher - 2004 - 476 strani
...least, that curtain may not rise. God grant, that on my vision never may be opened what lies behind. When my eyes shall be turned to behold, for the last...feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood ! Let their last feeble and lingering glance, rather behold the gorgeous ensign of the republic, now... | |
 | Craig R. Smith - 2005 - 310 strani
...round the administration of Washington, and felt his own great arm lean on them for support. . . . When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last...belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched ... in fraternal blood! Let their last feeble and lingering glance rather behold the gorgeous ensign... | |
 | Joy Hakim - 2003 - 438 strani
...West, to which I owe any allegiance.... The Union, sir, is my country," said eloquent Senator Clay. "When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last...and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union," said mighty Senator Webster. But his most quoted line was "Liberty and Union, now and forever, one... | |
 | David P. Currie - 2005 - 369 strani
...is to that Union that we are chiefly indebted for whatever makes us most proud of our country. .. . When my eyes shall be turned to behold, for the last...feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood! Let thenlast feeble lingering glance, rather, behold the gorgeous ensign of the republic, now known... | |
 | David Edwin Harrell, Edwin S. Gaustad, John B. Boles, Sally Foreman Griffith - 2005 - 860 strani
...least, that curtain may not rise! God grant that, on my vision, never may be opened what lies behind! When my eyes shall be turned to behold, for the last...shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of this once glorious Union; on states dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil... | |
 | Mark David Ledbetter - 2010 - 505 strani
...close to his heart, would echo the reasoning and even the rhetoric at Gettysburg. Webster continues: When my eyes shall be turned to behold, for the last...feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood! Let their last feeble and lingering glance, rather, behold the gorgeous ensign of the republic... not... | |
 | Daniel Walker Howe - 2007 - 926 strani
...art form and oratory constituted a branch of literature, Webster displayed his mastery of the genre. When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last...feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood! Let their last feeble and lingering glance rather behold the gorgeous ensign of the republic, now known... | |
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When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last time the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union ; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or... 
