 But this momentous question, like a firebell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror. I considered it at once as the knell of the Union. It is hushed, indeed, for the moment. But this is a reprieve only, not a final sentence.  The United States Democratic Review - Seite 3721849Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Michael Lind - 2005 - 358 Seiten
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 | John Channing Briggs - 2005 - 396 Seiten
...terror. I considered it at once as the knell of the union. ... A geographical line, co-inciding widi a marked principle, moral and political, once conceived,...passions of men, will never be obliterated; and every irritation will mark it deeper and deeper. I can say, with conscious trudi, that diere is not a man... | |
 | Gary Hart - 2005 - 204 Seiten
...had been "filled with terror" that the issue might prove "the death knell of the Union. It is hushed for the moment. But this is a reprieve only; not a final sentence."21 In the final analysis Monroe based his approval of the Missouri Compromise on constitutional... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 2005 - 148 Seiten
...in the night, awakened and filled me with terror. I considered it at once as the knell of the Union. It is hushed indeed for the moment. But this is a...every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper. I can say with conscious truth that there is not a man on earth who would sacrifice more than I would... | |
 | Robert F. Hawes - 2006 - 357 Seiten
...quarrel would only further deepen the sectional rift. "This is a reprieve only," Jafferson argued, "not a final sentence. A geographical line, coinciding...every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper." ^ And later, writing to Albert Gallatin on December 26, 1820, Jefferson echoed the thoughts of Madison... | |
 | Matthew Mason - 2009 - 352 Seiten
...to become official and extend across the continent. Jefferson famously deplored the compromise, for "a geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle,...every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper." 38 "What," asked John Taylor of Caroline, "is the political attitude of nations towards each other,... | |
 | Matthew Mason - 2009 - 352 Seiten
...to become official and extend across the continent. Jefferson famously deplored the compromise, for "a geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle,...obliterated; and every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper."58 "What," asked John Taylor of Caroline, "is the political attitude of nations towards each... | |
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