| Lyman Cobb - 1845 - 252 páginas
...PRESIDENT,—The gentlemen who are opposed to our resisting; with arms the aggressions of Great Britain, tell us, sir, that we are weak, unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. 2. But, sir, when shall we be stronger 7 Will it be the next week, or the next year'? Will it be when... | |
| Samuel Niles Sweet - 1846 - 340 páginas
...petitions have been slighted, — our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult, — our supplications have been disregarded, — and we have...Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs, and hugging the... | |
| Charles Walton Sanders - 1842 - 316 páginas
...repeat it, sir, we must fight ! An appeal to arms, and to the God of hosts, is all that is left us. 8. They tell us, sir, that we are weak — unable to...shall be stationed in every house ? Shall we gather stiength by irresolution and inaction ? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying... | |
| John Epy Lovell - 1846 - 540 páginas
...NECESSITY OF RESISTANCE. — Henry. They tell us, that we are weak, unable to cope with so for midable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger ? Will...we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard sliall be stationed in every house 1 Shall we gather strength by irresolution, and inaction ? Shall... | |
| Erasmus Darwin North - 1846 - 454 páginas
...supposed to be spoken rather than read, and each emphasis to be accompanied by its appropriate gesture. They tell us, Sir, \ that we are weak, — \ unable to cope with so formidable an enemy. \ \ I know there is not a man here, \ who would not rather see a general conflagration sweep... | |
| 1847 - 408 páginas
...arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us !* " ' They tell us, sir,' continued Mr. Henry, ' that we are weak, unable to cope with so formidable...Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction ? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs, and hugging the... | |
| Salem Town - 1847 - 420 páginas
...must fight! An appeal to arms, and to the God of hosts, is all that is left us. 9. They tell us, sir, we are weak ; unable to cope with so formidable an...Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs, and hugging tha... | |
| William Wirt - 1847 - 330 páginas
...arms and to the God of hosts, is all that is left us !* " They tell us, sir," continued Mr. Henry, " that we are weak — unable to cope with so formidable...guard shall be stationed in every house? Shall we gatherstrength by irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by... | |
| James Sheridan Knowles - 1847 - 344 páginas
...repeat it, sir, we must fight ! An appeal to arms, and to the God of Hosts, is all that is left us ! They tell us, sir, that we are weak, unable to cope...formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger 1 Will it be the next week, or the next year 1 Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a... | |
| 1847 - 312 páginas
...sets mankind at defiance? " 3. — Vehement Oratorical Address. [FnoM PATRICE HENRY'S WAR SPEECH.] " They tell us, sir, that we are weak, unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. Sir, we are not weak, if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in... | |
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