 | Frank Gaylord Cook - 1882 - 474 strani
...himself had no legal authoritv to exclude from the mails matter of any kind whatever, real or supposed. "We owe an obligation to the laws, but a higher one to the communities in which we live ; " hence he could not sanction, and would not condemn, their step. (V. II., II. 122; Niles, XLIX.... | |
 | Simon Newton Dexter North - 1884 - 524 strani
...aid, knowingly, in giving circulation to newspapers of this description, directly or indirectly. Wo owe an obligation to the laws, but a higher one to...communities in which we live; and if the former be permitted to destroy the latter, it is patriotism to disregard them. Entertaining these views, I cannot... | |
 | United States census office - 1884 - 498 strani
...knowingly, iu giving circulation to newspapers of this description, directly or indirectly. We owe au obligation to the laws, but a higher one to the communities in which we live ; and if the former be permitted to destroy the latter, it is patriotism to disregard them. Entertaining these views, I cannot... | |
 | Wendell Phillips Garrison - 1885 - 606 strani
..." an obligation CHAP. xiv. to the laws, but a higher one to the communities in which t8js. we live; if the former be perverted to destroy the latter, it is patriotism to disregard them."1 "I cannot," he continued, " sanction, and will not condemn, the step you have taken. Your justification... | |
 | Wendell Phillips Garrison, Francis Jackson Garrison - 1885 - 588 strani
...incendiary — and insurrectionary in the highest degree." " We owe," he said, " an obligation CHAP. xiv. to the laws, but a higher one to the communities in which ^. we live; if the former be perverted to destroy the latter, it is patriotism to disregard them."1 "I cannot,"... | |
 | Wendell Phillips Garrison, Francis Jackson Garrison - 1885 - 580 strani
...incendiary — and insurrectionary in the highest degree/' " We owe," he said, " an obligation CHAP. xiv. to the laws, but a higher one to the communities in which I^"s. we live ; if the former be perverted to destroy the latter, it is patriotism to disregard them."... | |
 | James Parton - 1888 - 814 strani
...and insurrectionary in the highest degree.' " By no act or direction of mine, official or private, could I be induced to aid, knowingly, in giving circulation...laws, but a higher one to the communities in which we li ve, and if the former be perverted to destroy the latter, it is patriotism to disregard them. Entertaining... | |
 | Philip Hone - 1889 - 424 strani
...law " for the written law of the land. The letter is addressed to the Postmaster of Charleston, SC "We owe an obligation to the laws, but a higher one to the community in which we live, and if the former be perverted to destroy the latter, it is patriotism... | |
 | Howard Walter Caldwell - 1898 - 268 strani
...1835, POSTMASTER-GENERAL AMOS KENDALL said: : By no act or direction of mine, official or private, could I be induced to aid, knowingly, in giving circulation...communities in which we live, and If the former be permitted to destroy the latter, it is patriotism to disregard them. Entertaining these views I cannot... | |
 | William Graham Sumner - 1899 - 520 strani
...own discretion, and then said for himself : " By no act or direction of mine, official or private, could I be induced to aid, knowingly, in giving circulation...papers of this description, directly or indirectly " (ie, papers alleged by the postmaster to be " the most inflammatory and incendiary, and insurrectionary... | |
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By no act or direction of mine, official or private, could I be induced to aid, knowingly, in giving circulation to papers of this description, directly or indirectly. "We owe an obligation to the laws, but a higher one to the communities in which we... 
