 Would any one believe that I am master of slaves of my own purchase ? I am drawn along by the general inconvenience of living without them. I will not, I cannot, justify it; however culpable my conduct, I will so far pay my ' devoir' to virtue as to own...  The Abolitionist - Σελίδα 1531833Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | Carl Schurz - 1899 - 408 σελίδες
...of living without them. I will not, I cannot justify it ; however culpable my conduct, I will so far pay my devoir to virtue as to own the excellence and rectitude of her precepts, and lament my want of conformity to them." This merely theoretical kind of anti-slavery spirit lost all... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1900 - 452 σελίδες
...master of slaves, said : " I will not, I cannot justify it. However culpable my conduct, I will so far pay my devoir to Virtue as to own the excellence and rectitude of her precepts, and lament my want of conformity to them. I believe a time will come, when an opportunity will be offered... | |
 | Guy Carleton Lee, Francis Newton Thorpe - 1904 - 582 σελίδες
...drawn along by the general inconvenience of living here without them. I will not—I cannot justify it! I believe a time will come when an opportunity will be offered to abolish this lamentable evil. Everything we can do is to improve it, if it happens in our day; if not, let us transmit to our descendants,... | |
 | Charles William August Veditz, Bartlett Burleigh James - 1904 - 614 σελίδες
...along by the general inconvenience of living here without them. I will not — I cannot justify it ! I believe a time will come when an opportunity will be offered to abolish this lamentable evil. Everything we can do is to improve it, if it happens in our day; if not, let us transmit to our descendants,... | |
 | Richard Taylor Stevenson - 1905 - 546 σελίδες
...slaveowners, but of anti-slavery sentiments. Jay gave his servants their freedom, and Henry wrote: " I believe a time will come when an opportunity will be offered to abolish this lamentable evil." Anomalies of which the founders of the republic appeared to be unconscious frequently accompanied the... | |
 | Phila M. Whipple - 1907 - 174 σελίδες
...is detested; we feel its fatal effects; we deplore it with all the pity of humanity; I believe the time will come when an opportunity will be offered to abolish this lamentable evil." Madison and Monroe condemned the system ; Henry Laurens of South Carolina, desiring to free his slaves... | |
 | Beverley Bland Munford - 1909 - 360 σελίδες
...general inconvenience of living here without them. I will not, I cannot justify it. ... I believe the time will come when an opportunity will be offered to abolish this lamentable evil. Everything we can do is to improve it, if it happens in our day; if not, let us transmit to our descendants,... | |
 | Benjamin Brawley - 1913 - 276 σελίδες
...on the other." Patrick Henry declared of the system of slavery, "I will not — I cannot justify it! I believe a time will come when an opportunity will be offered to abolish this lamentable evil. Everything we can do is to improve it, if it happens in our day; if not, let us transmit to our descendants^together... | |
 | Edward Eggleston - 1913 - 294 σελίδες
...along by the general inconvenience of living here without them. I will not — I cannot justify it! I believe a time will come when an opportunity will be offered to abolish this lamentable evil. Everything we can do is to improve it, if it happens in our day; if not, let us transmit to our descendants,... | |
 | Arthur Cecil Perry, Gertrude A. Price - 1914 - 388 σελίδες
...on the death of his wife all his slaves should be set free. Patrick Henry wrote, "I believe that the time will come when an opportunity will be offered to abolish this lamentable evil." Still another illustrious Virginian, our third President, said: " Nothing is more certainly written... | |
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