 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 the gift of God ? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath?  The African Repository and Colonial Journal - Stran 3481830Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | William Frederick Poole - 1873 - 110 strani
...the morals of the one part, and the amor patri<e of the other ? . . Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis — a conviction in the Vninds of men that these liberties are the gift of God ; that they are not to be violated but with... | |
 | Edwin David Sanborn - 1875 - 438 strani
...1 With the morals of the people, their industry also is destroyed. Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis — a conviction on the minds of the people that their liberties are the gift of God ; that they are not to be violated... | |
 | Massachusetts Historical Society - 1863 - 548 strani
...slaves, a very small proportion indeed are ever seen to labor. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm...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 for... | |
 | Edward Isidore Sears, David Allyn Gorton, Charles H. Woodman - 1880 - 1104 strani
...speech reported in Afw York Herald, February 1 9, iSSo. nation be thought secure," writes Mr. Jefferson, "when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction...that they are not to be violated but with his wrath t Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that (rod is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever;... | |
 | 1880 - 448 strani
...nation, tore unequivocal testimony; as to which Jefferson, filled with a love of lil>orty, exclaimed: "Can the liberties of a nation be ever thought " secure...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,... | |
 | Edward Belcher Callender - 1882 - 234 strani
...nation, bore unequivocal testimony ; as to which Jefferson, filled with a love of liberty, exclaimed : ' Can the liberties of a nation be ever thought secure...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,... | |
 | George Washington Williams - 1882 - 1148 strani
...of the slave-holders. In his "Notes on \rirginia " Mr. Jefferson had written the following words : " Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just ; that His justice cannot sleep for ei'cr. That, considering numbers, nature, and natural means, only a revolution of the wheel of... | |
 | Frank Abial Flower - 1884 - 662 strani
...nation, bore unequivocal testimony; as to which Jefferson, filled with the love of liberty, exclaimed — "Can the liberties of a nation be ever thought secure...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, I... | |
 | Franklin Benjamin Sanborn - 1885 - 684 strani
...a very small proportion indeed are ever seen to labor. And can the liberties of a nation be deemed secure when we have removed their only firm basis,...that these liberties are the gift of God, that they arc not to be violated without his wrath f Indeed, I tremble for my country [Virginia] when I reflect... | |
 | William Henry Perrin, J. H. Battle, G. C. Kniffin - 1888 - 1108 strani
...Others based their opposition on moral grounds, and questioned whether "the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed their only firm basis,...in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of jGod." (Jefferson, 1781.) On the other hand an honest few. believed slavery one of the... | |
| |
