 | Daniel Webster - 1850 - 64 էջ
...secession. To break up ! to break up this great Government, to dismember this glorious coun60 try, to astonish Europe with an act of folly such as Europe...are not serious when they talk of secession. Sir, I heaj there is to be a Convention held at Nashville. I am bound to believe that if worthy gentlemen... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1850 - 52 էջ
...astonish Europe with an act of folly such as Europe for two centuries has never beheld in any Government! No, sir; no, sir! There will be no secession. Gentlemen...hear there is to be a Convention held at Nashville. I am bound to believe that if worthy gentlemen meet at Nashville iji Convention, their object will... | |
 | 1850 - 762 էջ
...astonish Europe by an act of folly, such as Europe for two centuries has never beheld in any government? No, sir; no sir! there will be no secession. Gentlemen are not serious when they talk of secession.'' In conclusion, Mr. WEBSTER stated, that any scheme proposed by Southern gentlemen for the mitigation... | |
 | 1850 - 766 էջ
...astonish Europe by an act of folly, such as Europe for two centuries has never beheld in any government? No, sir; no sir! there will be no secession. Gentlemen are not serious when they talk of secession." "And now," said, he, " instead of speaking of the possibility or utility of secession, let us rather... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1851 - 566 էջ
...man from the Yellow Stone and the Platte be connected, in the new republic, with the man who tires on the southern extremity of the Cape of Florida ?...hear there is to be a convention held at Nashville. I am bound to believe that, if worthy gentlemen meet at Nashville in convention, their object will... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1851 - 568 էջ
...the southern extremity of the Cape of Florida ? Sir, I am ashamed to pursue this line of remark. I dislike it, I have an utter disgust for it. I would...hear there is to be a convention held at Nashville. I am bound to believe that, if worthy gentlemen meet at Nashville in convention, their object will... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1853 - 566 էջ
...the southern extremity of the Cape of Florida ? Sir, I am ashamed to pursue this line of remark. I dislike it, I have an utter disgust for it. I would...hear there is to be a convention held at Nashville. I am bound to believe that, if worthy gentlemen meet at Nashville in convention, their object will... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Tefft - 1854 - 554 էջ
...astonish Europe with an act of folly, such as Europe for two centuries has never beheld in any government! No, sir ! no, sir! There will be no secession. Gentlemen...Nashville in convention, their object will be to adopt counsels conciliatory—to advise the south to forbearance and moderation, and to advise the north... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Tefft - 1854 - 560 էջ
...Europe with an act of folly, such as Europe for two centuries has never beheld in any government ! No, sir ! no, sir ! There will be no secession. Gentlemen...hear there is to be a convention held at Nashville. I am bound to believe that if worthy gentlemen meet at Nashville in convention, their object will be... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1854 - 568 էջ
...not serious when they talk of secession. Sir, I hear there is to be a convention held at Nashville. I am bound to believe that, if worthy gentlemen meet...convention, their object will be to adopt conciliatory coun-' sels; to advise the South to forbearance and moderation, and to advise the North to forbearance... | |
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I would rather hear of natural blasts and mildews, war, pestilence, and famine, than to hear gentlemen talk of secession. To break up this great government! to dismember this glorious country! 
