...profound and far-reaching was the sagacity of Daniel Webster ! Remember who it was that said, in 1831, " I am in earnest, — I will not equivocate, — I...not excuse, — I will not retreat a single inch, — and I will be heard!" [Repeated cheers.] That speaker has lived twenty-two years, and the complaint...

...but is there not cause for severity ? I will be as harsh as Truth, and as uncompromising as Justice. I am in earnest. I will not equivocate, I will not excuse, I will not retreat a single inch ; AND I WILL BE HEARD. The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal,...

...but is there not cause for severity ? I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. I am in earnest, — I will not equivocate, — I will not excuse, — I will not retreat a single inch,—AND I WILL BE HEARD. " It is pretended that I am retarding the cause of emancipation by the...

...which we could wish otherwise, but his relation to the abolitionists is one of that number. In 1 83 1 , Mr Garrison, a printer in the office of the Christian...will not excuse, I will not retreat a single inch, and I will be Jieard." He borrowed the type and press of the office he worked in. He could not get...

...profound and far-reaching was the sagacity of Daniel Webster ! Remember who it was that said, in 1831, " I am in earnest, — I will not equivocate, — I...not excuse, — I will not retreat a single inch, — and I will be heard!" [Repeated cheers.] That speaker has lived twenty-two years, and the complaint...

...in my hand, and in which he announces his intention to prosecute this war upon slavery to the end. " I am in earnest. I will not equivocate ; I will not excuse ; I will not retreat a single inch, and I will be heard." That is from the first number of the Liberator, published in 1831, by William...

...there not cause for such severity ? I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. I am in earnest, I will not equivocate, I will not excuse, I will not retract a single inch, and 1 will be heard." And that, after all, expresses to a great extent tho future...

...the fire into which it has fallen ; but urge me not to use moderation in a cause like the present ! I am in earnest. I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch. AND I WILL BE HEARD. The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal,...

...the fire into which it has fallen ; but urge me not to use moderation in a cause like the present ! I am in earnest. I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch. AND I WILL BE HEARD. The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal,...

...the fire into which it has fallen ; but urge me not to use moderation in a cause like the present ! I am in earnest. I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch. AND I WILL BE HEARD. The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal,...