 | Alexander Trotter - 1839 - 478 σελίδες
...small proportion indeed are ever seen to labour." " And can the liberties of a nation," he adds, " be thought secure when we have removed their only...the people that these liberties are the gift of God ? that they are not to be violated but with his wrath ? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect... | |
 | Thomas Branagan, Julius Rubens Ames - 1839 - 404 σελίδες
...true, that of the proprietors of slaves, a very small proportion indeed are ever seen to labour. " And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure, when we have removed their only basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God — that they... | |
 | George Combe - 1841 - 420 σελίδες
...man must be a prodigy who can retain his manners and morals undepraved by such circumstances." * * * "And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure...people, that these liberties are the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath? Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect... | |
 | New England Yearly Meeting of Friends. Representative Meeting - 1841 - 150 σελίδες
...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,...the people that these liberties are the gift of God ? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath ? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect... | |
 | 1843 - 404 σελίδες
...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 σελίδες
...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 σελίδες
...is so 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,...the people that these liberties are the gift of God ? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath ? Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect... | |
 | Henry G. Wheeler - 1848 - 692 σελίδες
...impoverishes 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 σελίδες
...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 - 226 σελίδες
...that these liberties are of the gift of God ? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath ? Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever; that, considering numbers, nature, and natural means only, a revolution of the wheel of fortune,... | |
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And 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 they are not to be violated but with his wrath? Indeed I tremble... 
