 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1862 - 796 pages
...slaves a very small proportion indeed are ever seen to labor. And can the libertics of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm...a conviction in the minds of the people that these libertics are the gift of God ? — that they are not to be violated but with his wrath ? Indeed, I... | |
 | Elhanan Winchester Reynolds - Slavery - 1862 - 268 pages
...Liberties beyond the sea — rising from their sepulchres — wafted after her their solemn " God speed ! " we have removed their only firm basis, — a conviction in the minds of the people that their liberties are the gifts of God, that they are not to be violated but with his wrath? Indeed,... | |
 | Elhanan Winchester Reynolds - Slavery - 1862 - 252 pages
...Liberties beyond the sea — rising from their sepulchres — wafted after her their solemn " God speed ! " we have removed their only firm basis, — a conviction in the minds of the people that their liberties are the gifts of God, that they are not to be violated but with his wrath ? Indeed,... | |
 | Education - 1897 - 678 pages
...the morals of the people their industry also is destroyed. . . . And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure, •when we have removed their only...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 my country... | |
 | Fitzwilliam Sargent - Great Britain - 1863 - 140 pages
...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 by His wrath ? Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect... | |
 | William D. Jones - United States - 1864 - 276 pages
...destroys the morals of the one part, and the amor patria of the other ! Can the liberties of the nation bB thought secure when we have removed their only firm...liberties are the gift of God ? That they are not violated but by his wrath ? Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, and his... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Morris - United States - 1864 - 842 pages
...one part and the amor patrice of the other ! And can the liberties of a nation be thought secured, when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that their liberties are the gift of God? Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just,... | |
 | Jacob Richards Dodge - West Virginia - 1865 - 284 pages
...which Jefferson had some premonition when he wrote as follows : " And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm...when I reflect that God is just; that his justice can^ not sleep forever ; that considering numbers, nature, and natural means only, a revolution of... | |
 | Elliot G. Storke - United States - 1865 - 818 pages
...destroys the morals of the one, and the amor patrice of the other ! And can the liberties of the nation be thought secure, when we have removed their only firm basis, — a conviction in the minds of tJie people that their liberties are the gifts of God, that they are not to be violated but with his... | |
 | Richard Edwards - Elocution - 1867 - 510 pages
...slaves, a very^mall proportion indeed are ever seen to labor. 4. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm...violated but with his wrath ? Indeed, I tremble for iny country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever ; that, considering... | |
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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? 
