| 1837 - 652 էջ
...the land speculators of Texas, the annexation of which will be but the beginning of conquests, that, unless arrested and beaten back by a just and kind...Providence, will stop only at the isthmus of Darien. " Our Eagle," exclaims the author, " will whet, not gorge, its appetite on its first victim, and will... | |
| 1838 - 584 էջ
...field. We boast of our rapid growth, forgetting that, throughout nature, noble growths are slow. . . . Texas is a country conquered by our citizens ; and...the Isthmus of Darien. Henceforth, we must cease to crv, Peace, peace. Our Eagle will whet, not gorge, its appetite on its first victim ; and will snuff... | |
| Portfolio - 1843 - 676 էջ
...justice and humanity ; and through its ascendancy, the records of this young nation are stained willi atrocities, at which communities grown grey in corruption...and beaten back by a just and kind providence, will slop only at the Isthmus of Darien. Henceforth we must cease to cry, Peace, peace. Our Eagle will whet,... | |
| William Ellery Channing - 1843 - 686 էջ
...that an impatient people will be instructed how to hem themselves within the rigid bounds of justice ? Texas is a country conquered by our citizens ; and...beaten back by a just and kind Providence, will stop ouly at the Isthmus of Darien. Henceforth, we must cease to cry Peace, peace. Our Eagle will whet,... | |
| David Urquhart - 1844 - 126 էջ
...distant and untrodden ; and sometimes the untrodden is not the less eagerly desired because belonging to others. To this spirit we have sacrificed justice...annexation of it to our Union will be the beginning of con. quests, which, unless arrested and beaten back by a just and kind providence, will stop only at... | |
| William Jay - 1849 - 348 էջ
...Ages may not see the catastrophy of the tragedy the first scene of which we are so ready to enact. Texas is a country conquered by our citizens, and the annexation of it to our Union will be but the beginning of conquests, which, unless arrested and beaten back by Providence, will stop only... | |
| William Ellery Channing - 1854 - 844 էջ
...that an impatient people will be instructed how to hem themselves within the rigid bounds of justice ? Texas is a country conquered by our citizens ; and...beginning of conquests, which, unless arrested and beaten backby a just and kind Providence, will stop only at the Isthmus of Darien. Henceforth, we must cease... | |
| Thomas Colley Grattan - 1859 - 550 էջ
...distant and untrodden; and sometimes the untrodden is not the less eagerly desired, because belonging to others. To this spirit we have sacrificed justice...the Isthmus of Darien. Henceforth we must cease to crv, Peace, peace. Our Eagle will whet, not gorge, its appetite on its first victim, and will snuff... | |
| William Ellery Channing - 1862 - 854 էջ
...country conquered by our citizens ; and ihe annexation of it to our Union will be the beginning pf conquests, which, unless arrested and beaten back by a just and kind Providence, will stop only at (he Isthmus of Darien. Henceforth, we must cease to cry, Peace, peace. Our Eagle will whet, not gorge... | |
| Augustin Cochin - 1863 - 432 էջ
...full time that we should lay on ourselves serious, resolute restraint. ...... The annexation of Texas will be the beginning of conquests which, unless arrested and beaten back by a kind Providence, will stop only at the Isthmus of D arien Henceforth we must cease to cry, Peace, peace.... | |
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