 Upon the adjournment of Congress the delegation from Mississippi returned to the state to give an account of their cause, and, with the exception of Foote, to urge resistance to the action of Congress. Albert Gallatin Brown said, in a speech at Jackson,...  Reconstruction in Mississippi - Page 2by James Wilford Garner - 1901 - 422 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Albert Gallatin Brown - 1859 - 644 pages
...having passed, I made a "violent harangue" in which I said : " So help me God, I am for resistence ; and my advice to you is that of Cromwell to his colleagues, 'Pray to God, and keep your powder dry.' ': Here, again, my colleague blunders. I made no " violent harangue" after my return home. It... | |
 | Henry Cabot Lodge - World history - 1906 - 766 pages
...advocate secession from the stump. Albert Gallatin Brown, a member of the lower House, later a senator, said in a speech at Jackson, " So help me God, I am...his colleagues : ' Pray to God and keep your powder dry.' " 22 The legislature passed resolutions of censure against Foote, declaring that the interests... | |
 | Dunbar Rowland - Mississippi - 1907 - 1030 pages
...ordinance of Nature, nor to re-enact the will of God." Meanwhile, many newspapers in the State declared for secession. "Upon the adjournment of congress the delegation...his colleagues, "pray to God and keep your powder dry." : Davis, McWillie, Featherston and Thompson spoke in a similar strain, while Foote bestirred... | |
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