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Yes; they tell me the man was a very bad lot." It was measures, not men, to Holcombe, and law and order were his twin goddesses, and "no compromise" his watchword. "You can elect your man if you'll give me two thousand dollars to refit our club-room with," one of his political acquaintances once said to him. "We've five hundred voters on the rolls now, and the members vote as one man.
A child one loves is a constant benediction to the soul, whether or not it helps to the accomplishment of great intellectual feats." The watchword of the Abolitionists ever had been "Peace." Under the leadership of Garrison, their policy had been one of non-resistance.
If they had not stopped at the pockets of his waistcoat and if they had searched his great-coat, they would have found his sash there Gindrier would have been shot. Not to allow themselves to be arrested, to keep their freedom for the combat such was the watchword of the members of the Left. That is why we had our sashes upon us, but not outwardly visible.
Rawlins himself prevailed with the gunner to give him as much powder as would prime the guns, and told them all there was no better watchword than, when the signal gun was heard, to cry: 'For God, and King James, and Saint George for England.
For a moment they felt no effect, but after a minute's effort they found that they had made an impression. The discovery set them all aglow. "Once more." "Harder yet." "Of course; only mind, Jack, no jerking." "All right" "We must work without making any noise; a jerk might bring down one of the stones with a clatter, which would alarm the guards. "Caution is our watchword."
Her conversation was frequently interspersed with learned remarks, savoring of the inner temple, its dingy courts, volumes of dust and musty manuscripts. "Evidence and proof" were leading points always at hand. Caution was the inevitable watchword, based upon a scrutinizing and at times heartless penetration.
The boys addressed responded the invariable "Yes, Mas'r," for ages the watchword of poor Africa; but it's to be owned they did not look particularly cheerful; they had their various little prejudices in favor of wives, mothers, sisters, and children, seen for the last time, and though "they that wasted them required of them mirth," it was not instantly forthcoming.
All Europe flew to arms; all ranks and conditions in life united in the pious work; youthful vigor and hoary weakness stood side by side; the cross was worn upon the shoulder and carried on banners; the watchword, "Deus Vult," burst from ten thousand lips; and the armies of Christendom precipitated themselves upon the holy land with the awful war cry, "God wills it," echoing from rank to rank.
'But we have formed a society for suppressing Jack's conundrums, and this is our first public meeting. How do you like the watchword? Aunt Truth smiled. 'It was very audible, she said. 'Yours is evidently not a secret society. 'I wish I could find out who originated this plan, quoth Jack, murderously. 'But I suppose it's one of you girls, and I can't revenge myself.
"Liberty has risen from the dead, and we too will be free!" Yes, mad and sinful; therefore are we as we are. Yet God has forgiven us perhaps so have those men whose forgiveness is alone worth having. Liberty? And is that word a dream, a lie, the watchword only of rebellious fiends, as bigots say even now? Our forefathers spoke not so
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