 The fact is so; and these people of the southern colonies are much more strongly, and with a higher and more stubborn spirit, attached to liberty than those to the northward. Such were all the ancient commonwealths; such were our Gothic ancestors; such,...  The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke - Stran 36avtor: Edmund Burke - 1807Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | David Addison Harsha - 1857 - 544 strani
...allusion to education in America, in those days, is interesting: " Permit me, sir," continued Mr. Burke, " to add another circumstance in our colonies, which contributes no mean part toward the growth and effect of this untractable spirit — I mean their education. In no country perhaps... | |
 | E. N. Elliott, David Christy, Albert Taylor Bledsoe, Thornton Stringfellow, Robert Goodloe Harper, James Henry Hammond, Samuel Adolphus Cartwright, Charles Hodge - 1860 - 934 strani
...ancient commonwealths; such were our Gothic ancestors ; such in our days were the Poles; and such will bo all masters of slaves, who are not slaves themselves....freedom, fortifies it, and renders it invincible." FREE COLORED POPULATION. WHEN the author was carefully collating the facts from the Record of MAJOB... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1860 - 644 strani
...ancient commonwealths; such were our Gothic ancestors; such in our days were the Poles ; and such will he w w<t = r n n n \ v comhines with the spirit of freedom, fortifies it, and renders it invincihle. Permit me, Sir, to odd... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1862 - 460 strani
...liberty than those to the northward. Such were all the ancient commonwealths ; such were our Gothic ancestors ; such in our days were the Poles ; and...no mean part towards the growth and effect of this un., tractable spirit. I mean their education. In no country perhaps in V? the world is the law so... | |
 | James Williams - 1862 - 538 strani
...all the ancient commonwealths. Such were our Gothic ancestors, and such in our day were the Poles. Such will be all masters of slaves who are not slaves...such a people the haughtiness of domination combines itself with the spirit of freedom, fortifies it, and renders it invincible.' The abolitionists of England,... | |
 | Henry May - 1863 - 76 strani
...liberty, than those to the northward. Such were all the ancient commonwealths; such were our Gothic ancestors; such in our days were the Poles; and such...freedom, fortifies it, and renders it invincible." Sir, the people of. the North are prpfoundly ignorant equally of the nature and characteristics of... | |
 | Eduard Maco Hudson - 1868 - 240 strani
...all the ancient commonwealths, such were our Gothic ancestors, and such in our day were the Poles. Such will be all masters of slaves who are not slaves...such a people the haughtiness of domination combines itself with the spirit of freedom, fortifies it, and renders it invincible.' When we reflect that the... | |
 | Reverdy Johnson - 1863 - 764 strani
...Northward. Such were all the ancient Commonwealths ; such were our gotbic ancestors; such, in our days, are the Poles; and such will be all masters of slaves who are not slaves themselves." One or two hundred years of tropical life and slave institutions have not ameliorated this combination... | |
 | George Sewall Boutwell - 1867 - 636 strani
...northward. Such were all the ancient commonwealths ; such were our Gothic ancestors; such in our day were the Poles; and such will be all masters of slaves...freedom, fortifies it, and renders it invincible." This description of slaveholders as a class is not strictly accurate; but we are dealing with men who... | |
 | John Wells Foster - 1869 - 480 strani
...who are free, are far more proud and jealous of their freedom; and that the haughtiness of dominion combines with the spirit of freedom, fortifies it, and renders it invincible." This spirit was carried into the halls of national legislation, and its display was often offensive... | |
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