 | B. L. Rayner - History - 1832 - 568 pages
...what country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers ;ire not warned from time to time, that the people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them...of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure." Such is a specimen of the current of sound philosophy, which Mr. Jefferson poured into the breasts... | |
 | Theodore Dwight - Hartford Convention - 1833 - 466 pages
...misconceive. If they remain in quiet under tuch misconceptiwif, it is a lethargy, the forerunner of death to public liberty. We have had thirteen states independent...of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure. " In a letter to William Carmichael, dated December 11th, 1787, he says—" Our new constitution is... | |
 | Theodore Dwight - Hartford Convention - 1833 - 458 pages
...if its rulers are not warned from time to time that this people preserve the spirit of resistance 9 Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right...to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It it its natural manure. " In a letter to William Carmichael, dated December llth, 1787, he says —... | |
 | Theodore Dwight - Hartford Convention - 1833 - 510 pages
...from time to time, that this people preserve the spirit of resistance ? Let them take arms."—"What signify a few lives lost in a century or two ? The...of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure" After reading these sentiments and expressions, no person can be surprised to find that Mr. Jefferson... | |
 | Theodore Dwight - Hartford Convention - 1833 - 480 pages
...arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon, and pacify them. What signify a few livet lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must...time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is Us natural manure. " In a letter to William Carmichael, dated December llth, 1787, he says — " Our... | |
 | Theodore Dwight - Hartford Convention - 1833 - 464 pages
...inquires, " What signify a few lives lost in a century or two :"' and the additional remark, that " The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to...the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure,'1'1 This language would better become a Turkish Sultan, or the chief of a Tartar horde, than... | |
 | B. L. Rayner - 1834 - 820 pages
...And what country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not warned from time to time, that the people preserve the spirit of resistance ? Let them...of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.' Such is a specimen of the philosophy which Mr Jefferson poured into the breasts of the public characters... | |
 | B. L. Rayner - 1834 - 442 pages
...if its rulers are not warned from time to time, that the people preserve the spirit of resistance 1 Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right...of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.' Such is a specimen of the philosophy which Mr Jefferson poured into the breasts of the public characters... | |
 | Theodore Dwight - History - 1839 - 384 pages
...about our being in anarchy, that the world * Life of Washington, vol. 5. p. 596—7. has at length believed them, the ministers themselves have come...patriots and tyrants ; it is its natural manure." It was not to be expected that the man who could talk in this flippant and cold-hearted manner about... | |
 | Henry Lee - United States - 1839 - 292 pages
...be twenty years without such a rebellion!"— "What signify a few lives lost in a century or two1! The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to...of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure." The reader, will find an account of this rebellion in Marshall's Life of Washington, Vol. V. p. 114.... | |
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What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants. 
