 | 1896 - 818 páginas
...every vote, and equal standards for the privileges of citizenship, the ballot would then prove — " A weapon that comes down as still As snowflakes fall...freeman's will As lightning does the will of God." SM MEHBILL. THE BEST CURRENCY. BY ALBION W. TOUHGEE. MR. CHAUNCEY DEPEW recently declared that the... | |
 | 1896 - 780 páginas
...privileges of citizenship, the ballot would then prove— " A weapon that comes down as still As snowflakcs fall upon the sod ; But executes a freeman's will As lightning does the will of God." SM MERRILL. THE BEST CURRENCY. BY ALBION W. TOUROEE. MB. CHAUNCEY DEPBW recently declared that the... | |
 | 1836 - 494 páginas
...pardoned for quoting the oft- quoted- stanza: " There is a weapon surer yet And better than the bayonet ; A weapon that comes down as still As snow-flakes fall upon the sod, And executes a freeman's will As lightning does the will of God ; A weapon that no bolts nor locks... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1840 - 366 páginas
...As once * upon your house they fell. We have a weapon, firmer set And better than the bayonet; — A weapon that comes down as still As snow-flakes fall...freeman's will As lightning does the will of God; And from its force, nor doors nor locks Can shield you ; — 't is the ballot-box. Black as your deed... | |
 | Robert Bailey Thomas - 1841 - 522 páginas
...weapon, firmer set, And better than the bayonet ; A weapon which cornea down as still As snow-flakes fill upon the sod, But executes a freeman's will As lightning does the will of God. Not from Us force, nor bolt, nor Knocks Can shield them— 't is the Ballot Box. ART OP HEALTH.—... | |
 | Henry Brown - 1844 - 526 páginas
...; and the ballot-box the most powerful instrument in existence. It ia " A weapon that comes down BB still, As snow-flakes fall upon the sod ; But executes...freeman's will, As lightning does the will of God." Under a despotic government, everything is smooth and quiet upon the surface. It is, however, a sea... | |
 | 1846 - 308 páginas
...upon your house they fell. We have a weapon, firmer set, And better than the bayonet ; — A weapen that comes down as still As snow-flakes fall upon...a freeman's will As lightning does the will of God ; And from its force, nor doors nor locks Can shield you ; — 'tis the ballot-box. Black as your deed... | |
 | 1846 - 302 páginas
...firmer set, And better than the bayonet ; — A weapen that comes down as still As snow-flakes fall npon the sod ; But executes a freeman's will As lightning does the will of God ; And from its force, nor doors nor locks Can shield you ; — 'tis the ballot-boxBlack as your deed... | |
 | George Washington Bungay - 1854 - 508 páginas
...entitled the BallotBox ? I quote from memory : We have a weapon firmer set, And better than the bayonet, A weapon that comes down as still As snow-flakes fall upon the sod, Yet executes a freeman's will, As lightning does the will of God. . Perhaps no temperance poem ever... | |
 | Jeremiah Lewis Diman - 1866 - 726 páginas
...of its citizens, and where each freeman would wield a weapon more potent than the power of kings, " A weapon that comes down as still As snowflakes fall...freeman's will, As lightning does the will of God. And from it s force nor doors nor locks Can shield you! 'tis the ballot box. " The colonies then had... | |
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A weapon that comes down as still As snow-flakes fall upon the sod, But executes a freeman's will As lightning does the will of God ; And from its force nor doors nor locks Can shield you; — 'tis the ballot-box. 
