Careful Words

union (n.)

union (adj.)

John Lee is dead, that good old man,—

We ne'er shall see him more;

He used to wear an old drab coat

All buttoned down before.

To the memory of John Lee, who died May 21, 1823.

An Inscription in Matherne Churchyard.

  When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last time the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood.

Daniel Webster (1782-1852): Second Speech on Foot's Resolution, Jan. 26, 1830. Vol. iii. p. 342.

Friend after friend departs;

Who hath not lost a friend?

There is no union here of hearts

That finds not here an end.

James Montgomery (1771-1854): Friends.

So we grew together,

Like to a double cherry, seeming parted,

But yet an union in partition.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act iii. Sc. 2.

  The Constitution, in all its provisions, looks to an indestructible Union composed of indestructible States.

Salmon P Chase (1808-1873): Decision in Texas v. White, 7 Wallace, 725.

Our cause is just, our union is perfect.

John Dickinson (1732-1808): Declaration on taking up Arms in 1775.

  Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable.

Daniel Webster (1782-1852): Second Speech on Foot's Resolution, Jan. 26, 1830. Vol. iii. p. 342.

  We join ourselves to no party that does not carry the flag and keep step to the music of the Union.

Rufus Choate (1799-1859): Letter to the Whig Convention, 1855.

  Our Federal Union: it must be preserved.

Andrew Jackson (1767-1845): Toast given on the Jefferson Birthday Celebration in 1830.

John Lee is dead, that good old man,—

We ne'er shall see him more;

He used to wear an old drab coat

All buttoned down before.

To the memory of John Lee, who died May 21, 1823.

An Inscription in Matherne Churchyard.

John Lee is dead, that good old man,—

We ne'er shall see him more;

He used to wear an old drab coat

All buttoned down before.

To the memory of John Lee, who died May 21, 1823.

An Inscription in Matherne Churchyard.

John Lee is dead, that good old man,—

We ne'er shall see him more;

He used to wear an old drab coat

All buttoned down before.

To the memory of John Lee, who died May 21, 1823.

An Inscription in Matherne Churchyard.

  Our Federal Union: it must be preserved.

Andrew Jackson (1767-1845): Toast given on the Jefferson Birthday Celebration in 1830.

Sail on, O Ship of State!

Sail on, O Union, strong and great!

Humanity with all its fears,

With all the hopes of future years,

Is hanging breathless on thy fate!

Henry W Longfellow (1807-1882): The Building of the Ship.

I have seen

A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract

Of inland ground, applying to his ear

The convolutions of a smooth-lipped shell,

To which, in silence hushed, his very soul

Listened intensely; and his countenance soon

Brightened with joy, for from within were heard

Murmurings, whereby the monitor expressed

Mysterious union with his native sea.

William Wordsworth (1770-1850): The Excursion. Book iv.