Between death on the field and death by starvation, I do not know that the American people will see any great difference. The end, if successfully reached, would be death in either case. Gentlemen, you have it in your power to kill this government; you have it in your power, by withholding these two bills, to smite the nerve-centers of our Government.


Speech (1879)


Between death on the field and death by starvation, I do not know that the American people will see any great difference. The end, if successfully...

Between death on the field and death by starvation, I do not know that the American people will see any great difference. The end, if successfully...

Between death on the field and death by starvation, I do not know that the American people will see any great difference. The end, if successfully...

Between death on the field and death by starvation, I do not know that the American people will see any great difference. The end, if successfully...