 | 1853 - 458 pagina’s
...the chances of pi-eserving 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 whether, in my short sight, I cau fathom the depth of the abyss below ; nor could I regard him as a safe counsellor... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1853 - 206 pagina’s
...short sight, I can fathom the depth of 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, not how the Union should be best preserved, but how tolerable might be the condition of the people... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - 1854 - 580 pagina’s
...its protection, or its benefits. It has been to us all a copious fountain of national, social, and personal happiness. I have not allowed myself, sir,...the precipice of disunion to see whether, with my ghort sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below; nor coiild I regard him äs aj safe counsellor... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Tefft - 1854 - 554 pagina’s
...the chances of preserving liberty •\yhen the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice...whose thoughts should be mainly bent on considering, not how the Union should be best preserved, but how tolerable might be the condition of the people... | |
 | 1854 - 576 pagina’s
...th,, i,hances 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 aflairs of this Government whose thoughts should be mainly bent on considering, not... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1854 - 240 pagina’s
...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 Washington Bungay - 1854 - 508 pagina’s
...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,... | |
 | William Smyth - 1855 - 588 pagina’s
...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,... | |
 | One of 'em - 1855 - 340 pagina’s
...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, not... | |
 | Rufus Claggett - 1855 - 208 pagina’s
...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... 
