| Thomas Jefferson - Indians of North America - 1803 - 388 pages
...that of the1 propf ie>toKs'bf slave's a Very Small proportion indeed art ever seen to labour. Andean the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we...liberties are of the gift of God ? That they are not to be vielatexJ ;t>ut 'with his wrath ? Indeed I tremble for "my Gdufctry when I reflect that God is... | |
| Henry Ker - Mexico - 1816 - 392 pages
...proportion indeed are ever seen to labour. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when they have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of tlie. people that these liberties are the gift of God, that they are not to be violated but with his... | |
| David Martin - Slavery - 1819 - 124 pages
...entail his own miserable condition on the endless generations proceeding from him:" contimiing, he asks, "can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when...basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that their liberties are the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath? I tremble... | |
| Daniel Blowe - Canada - 1820 - 788 pages
...proportion indeed are ever seen to labour. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we hare removed their only firm basis — a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gifts of God? — that they are not to be violated but with his wrath ? Indeed 1 tremble for my... | |
| Antislavery movements - 1833 - 204 pages
...his heart. Again, in his Notes on Virginia, written some years after, he uses this strong language. "Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when...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... | |
| American Colonization Society - African Americans - 1828 - 612 pages
...slaves, a very small proportion indeed are ever seen to labour. And can the liberties of a nation be ever thought secure, when we have removed their only firm...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, I tremble for my country... | |
| Samuel Putnam - Readers - 1828 - 314 pages
...is destroyed besides the morals of the people ? What are the effects of a warm climate on industry ? thought secure, when we have removed their only firm...basis, a conviction in the minds of the people, that their liberties are the gift of God ? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath ? Indeed... | |
| African Americans - 1830 - 398 pages
...evil) do not reflect that every day renders the task more arduous to be performed." Mr. Jefferson. "And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure, when...the minds of the people, that these liberties are the gift of God. With what execration should the statesman be loaded, who, permitting one half the... | |
| Back to Africa movement - 1830 - 404 pages
...do not reflect that every day renders the task more' arduous to be performed." Mr. Jefferson. "And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure, when...the minds of the people, that these liberties are the gift of God. With what execration should the statesman be loaded, who, permitting one half the... | |
| African Americans - 1830 - 510 pages
...indeed are ever seen to labour. And can the liberties of a nation be ever thought secure, when we hare 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, I tremble for my country... | |
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