And they will find us divided, incapable of resistance.

That is the volcano, the magazine, over which we dwell continually.

It passes politics, and puts us as patriots upon the question of the endurance of our republic.
"And I tell you now, gentlemen," he concluded, "as you know very well yourselves, that this woman, here in Washington, would hold the match ready to apply to that magazine.

Which of you does not see its glimmering?
Which of you doubts her readiness?
There was not twenty-four hours to argue the matter of her--her temporary absence.

We'd have had Austria all about our ears, otherwise.
Gentlemen, I am mild as any, and most of any I am sworn to obey the laws, and to guarantee the safeguards of the Constitution; but I say to you--" and here his hand came down with an emphasis unusual in his nature--"law or no law, Constitution or no Constitution, an exigency existed under which she had to leave Washington, and that upon that very night." "But where is she now ?" ventured another voice.