| New England Yearly Meeting of Friends. Representative Meeting - 1841 - 150 páginas
...Virginia, is remarkable both for its justness and its force. He asks, " Can the liberties of a nation be secure, when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God ? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath ? Indeed... | |
| 1843 - 404 páginas
...proprietors of slaves, a very small proportion indeed are ever seen to labor. And can theliberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed...basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that thescliberties are of the gift of God? That they are not to be violated bur with his wrath? Indeed,... | |
| Julius Rubens Ames, Benjamin Lundy - 1843 - 598 páginas
...true, that of the proprietors of slaves, a very smalt proportion indeed are ever seen to labor. And cnn the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed thiis only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of Sie people that thrstliberties are of the gift... | |
| Daniel Gardner - 1844 - 336 páginas
...true, that of the proprietors of slaves a very small proportion indeed are ever seen to labor. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure, when...basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God ? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath ? Indeed,... | |
| Friedrich von Raumer - 1846 - 522 páginas
...undepraved by such circumstances ; and with the morals of a people, their industry is also destroyed. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure, when...basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God ? that they are not to be violated but with his wrath ? Indeed,... | |
| Cassius Marcellus Clay - 1848 - 550 páginas
...[half-past nine o'clock] adjourned. SLAVERY: THE EVIL-THE REMEDY. To THE EDITOR OF THE TRIBUNE : i " AND can the liberties of a nation be thought secure, when...basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God ? • • • Indeed, I tremble for my country, when I reflect... | |
| Henry G. Wheeler - 1848 - 692 páginas
...the people of the whole ?oua' Mr. Jefferson, speaking in the most emphatic language, says: " ' And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have rent* ri their only firm hasis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberty* are the... | |
| Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1858 - 586 páginas
...human bondage. In a letter to a distinguished Frenchman, he wrote the following memorable words : " Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure, when...removed their only firm basis — a conviction in the minda of the people that these liberties are the gift of God'.' that they are not to be violnted except... | |
| William Hosmer - 1852 - 206 páginas
...which our government inflicts on the negro, was never more clearly expressed than by Mr. Jefferson: " Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure, when we have removed their only firm basis—a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God ? That... | |
| William Wells Brown - 1853 - 296 páginas
...miserable condition on the endless generations proceeding from him. And can the liberties of a nation he thought secure when we have removed their only firm...basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God ? that they are not to be violated but with his wrath ? Indeed,... | |
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