 | A citizen of Pittsburgh - 1818 - 276 pages
...darken our land ? Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation ? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled, that force...gentlemen, Sir, what means this martial array, if its purpose be not to force us to submission ? Can gentlemen assign any other possible motive for it ?... | |
 | Hezekiah Niles - 1822 - 526 pages
...not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss. Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with those warlike preparations, which cover...our love? Let us not deceive ourselves, sir. These arc the implements of war and subjuga tion — the last arguments, to which kings resort. I ask gentlemen,... | |
 | Thomas Jones Rogers - 1823 - 376 pages
...darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconcilialion ? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled, that force...our love? Let us not deceive ourselves, sir. These ore the implements of war and subjugation; the last arguments to which kings resort. I ask gentlemen,... | |
 | 1824 - 518 pages
...darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation ? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled, that force...gentlemen, sir, what means this martial array, if its purpose be not to force us to submission ? Can gentlemen assign any other possible motive for it? Has... | |
 | 1827 - 544 pages
...darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled, that force...resort. I ask gentlemen, sir, what means this martial VOL. v. 9 array, if its purpose be not to force us to submission ;• Can gentlemen assign any other... | |
 | John Barber - 1828 - 310 pages
...darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation ? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled, that force...gentlemen, Sir, what means this martial array, if its purpose be not to force us to submission ? Can gentlemen assign any other possible motive for it ?—... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 pages
...darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled, that force...gentlemen, sir, what means this martial array, if its purpose be not to force us to submission? Can gentlemen assign any other possible motive for it? Has... | |
 | 1828 - 394 pages
...darken our land 1 Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation ? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled, that force...gentlemen, sir, what means this martial array, if its purpose be not to force us to submission ? Can gentlemen assign any other possible motive for it 1... | |
 | George Merriam - 1828 - 282 pages
...darken our land ? Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation ? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled, that force...gentlemen, Sir, what means this martial array, if its purpose be not to force us to submission ? Can gentlemen assign any other motive for it ? Has Great... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1828 - 320 pages
...darken our land. Are fleet* and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation ? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled, that force...ourselves, sir. These are the implements of war and subjugation—the last arguments to which kings resort. I ask gentlemen, sir, what means this martial... | |
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Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with those warlike preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling... 
