Center your minds, beloved Congress, on this sublime hope, and God may grant it to you.

But be prepared, if he deems us unfit for so great a boon, to buckle on our swords and go forth to win our freedom with the sword just as has been done by all other nations of men.
"My speech is made, my proposition is before you.

I have done my duty.
Your destiny is in your own hands." Belton's speech had, like dynamite, blasted away all opposition.

He was in thorough mastery of the situation.

The waves of the sea were now calm, the fierce winds had abated, there was a great rift in the dark clouds.