 What may be the fate of this horrible contest none can foretell ; but this much I will say : the fortunes of war may be adverse to our arms ; you may carry desolation into our peaceful land , and with torch and firebrand may set our cities in flames ... you may do all this , and more , but you never can subjugate us ; you never can convert the free sons of the soil into vassals , paying tribute to your power ; you never can degrade them to a servile and inferior race . Never ! Never ! 
