... party, bring themselves to give up the charming hope; but with greedier anxiety they rush about him, sustain him, and give him marches, triumphal entries, and receptions beyond what even in the days of his highest prosperity they could have brought... The Works of Charles Sumner - Page 411by Charles Sumner - 1874Full view - About this book
| 1860 - 138 pages
...days of his highest prosperity they could have brought about in his favor. On the contrary, nobody has ever expected me to be President. In my poor, lean,...fight this battle upon principle, and upon principle alone. I am, in a certain sense, made the standard-bearer in behalf of the Republicans. I was made... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - 1860 - 280 pages
...of his highest prosperity they could have brought about IL ..as favor. On the contrary, nobody has ever expected me to be President. In my poor, lean,...fight this battle upon principle, and upon principle alone. I am, in a certain sense, made the standard-bearer in behalf of the Republicans. I was made... | |
| Richard Josiah Hinton - 1860 - 326 pages
...days of his highest prosperity they could have brought about in his favor. On the contrary, nobody has ever expected me to be President. In my poor, lean,...fight this battle upon principle, and upon principle alone. I am, in a certain sense, made the standard bearer in behalf of the Republicans. I was made... | |
| David W. Bartlett - 1860 - 368 pages
...of his highest prosperity, they could have brought about in his favor. On the contrary, nobody has ever expected me to be President. In my poor, lean,...that the Republicans labor under. We have to fight thi- battle upon principle, and upon principle alone. I am, in a certain sense, made the standard-bearer... | |
| Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1864 - 544 pages
...of his highest prosperity they could have brought about in his 'favor. On the contrary, nobody has ever expected me to be President. In my poor, lean,...has ever seen that any cabbages were sprouting out. [Cheering and laughter.] These are disadvantages all, that the Republicans labor under. We have to... | |
| Boston (Mass.) - 1865 - 168 pages
...wonderful exuberance, ready to be laid hold of by their greedy hands. . . On the contrary, nobody has ever expected me to be President. In my poor, lean,...cabbages were sprouting out. These are disadvantages that the Kepublicans labor under. We have to fight the battle upon principle, and upon principle alone."... | |
| Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1865 - 972 pages
...days of his highest prosperity they could have brought about in his favor. On the contrary, nobody has ever expected me to be President. In my poor, lean,...has ever seen that any cabbages were sprouting out. [Cheering and laughter.] These are disadvantages all, that the Republicans labor under. We have to... | |
| Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1865 - 878 pages
...of his highest prosperity they could have brought about in his favor. On tjbe contrary, nobody has ever expected me to be President. In my poor, lean,...has ever seen that any cabbages were sprouting out. [Cheering and laughter.] These are disadvantages all, that the Republicans labor under. We have to... | |
| Charles Sumner - 1865 - 64 pages
...wonderful exuberance, ready to be laid hold of by their greedy hands. * * On the contrary , nobody has ever expected me to be President. In my poor, lean, lank face nobody has ever seen thstt any cabbages were sprouting out. These are disadvantages that the Republicans labor under. We... | |
| Charles Carroll Everett - 1865 - 44 pages
...of by their greedy hands. * * * On the contrary, nobody has ever expected me to be President. In rny poor, lean, lank face, nobody has ever seen that any cabbages were sprouting out." There you have the parties in this renowned contest — a contest which attracted the gaze of the country,... | |
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