 Judge Douglas, if not a dead lion, for this work, is at least a caged and toothless one. How can he oppose the advances of slavery ? He don't care anything about it. His avowed mission is impressing the " public heart  The Life of Stephen A. Douglas - Page 405by James Washington Sheahan - 1860 - 528 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Literature - 1887 - 984 pages
...convention speech he had forcibly stated the error and danger of such a step. the advances of mtit. His avowed mission is impressing the ' public heart ' to care nothing about it. ... For years he has labored to prove it a sacred right of white men to take negro slaves into the... | |
 | Ward Hill Lamon, Chauncey Forward Black - 1872 - 604 pages
...we have never differed. They remind us that he is a very great man, and that the largest of us are very small ones. Let this be granted. But " a living...heart " to care nothing about it. A leading Douglas Democrat newspaper thinks Douglas's superior talent will be needed to resist the revival of the African... | |
 | Orators - 1880 - 698 pages
...he and we have never differed. They remind us that he is a great man, and that the largest of us are very small ones. Let this be granted. But " a living dog is better than a dead lion." Judge DouglaSj if not a dead lion, for this work, is at least a caged and toothless one. How can he oppose... | |
 | George Sewall Boutwell - Presidential candidates - 1884 - 264 pages
...we have never differed. They remind us that Tie is a very great man, and that the largest of us are very small ones. Let this be granted. But "a living...heart" to care nothing about it. A leading Douglas Democrat newspaper thinks Douglas's superior talent will be needed to resist the revival of the African... | |
 | Alexander Johnston - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1884 - 430 pages
...he and we have never differed. They remind us that he is a great man, and that the largest of us are very small ones. Let this be granted. " But a living...impressing the " public heart " to care nothing about it. * * * Senator Douglas holds, we know, that a man may rightfully be wiser to-day than he was yesterday... | |
 | William Osborn Stoddard - Presidents - 1884 - 716 pages
...he and we have never differed. They remind us that he is a great man, and that the largest of us are very small ones. Let this be granted. But " a living...he oppose the advances of slavery ? He don't care anything about it. His avowed mission is impressing the " public heart" to care nothing about it. A... | |
 | William O. Stoddard - Presidents - 1884 - 540 pages
...he and we have never differed. They remind us that he is a great man, and that the largest of us are very small ones. Let this be granted. But " a living...he oppose the advances of slavery ? He don't care anything about it. His avowed mission is impressing the "public heart" to care nothing about it. A... | |
 | William O. Stoddard - Presidents - 1884 - 536 pages
...he and we have never differed. They remind us that he is a great man, and that the largest of ua are very small ones. Let this be granted. But " a living...he oppose the advances of slavery ? He don't care anything about it. His avowed mission is impressing the " public heart" to care nothing about it. A... | |
 | George Sewall Boutwell - Presidential candidates - 1884 - 266 pages
...we have never differed. They remind us that he is a very great man, and that the largest of us are very small ones. Let this be granted. But "a living...Douglas, if not a dead lion for this work, is at least a taged and toothless one. How can he oppose the advances of slavery? He don't care any thing about it.... | |
 | George Spring Merriam - Biography & Autobiography - 1885 - 456 pages
...opening speech he said : " They remind us that he is a very great man, and that the largest of us are very small ones. Let this be granted. But ' a living...he oppose the advances of slavery ? He don't care anything about it. His avowed mission is impressing the - public heart ' to care nothing about it."... | |
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