Quotes About Fire-eaters

How like a beautiful statue of ice it was, melting in the sun. I remember the newspapers dying like huge moths. No one wanted them back. No one missed them. And then the Government, seeing how advantageous it was to have people reading only about passionate lips and the fist in the stomach, circled the situation with your fire-eaters. So

A South Carolina native, Miles was a lawyer, a mayor of Charleston, and a congressman. He was one of his state's fire-eaters, a term applied to men who openly advocated secession rather than finding accomodation with the Union in the summer and fall of 1860.

The Fire-Eaters were a special elite-level team that played after the regular season ended. They had top-notch training and the off-season games added a lot to a player's performance when the regular season rolled around. Problem? You can't join the Fire-Eaters. They have to pick you.