| Carlo Botta - United States - 1837 - 508 pages
...menaced. I hear it said that — Americais obstinate, America is almost in open rebellion. I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people,...would have been fit instruments to make slaves of ourselves. The honorable member has said also, for he is fluent in words of bitterness, that America... | |
| George Wingrove Cooke - Great Britain - 1837 - 694 pages
...British house of peers as an estate possessed of the one without the other.t " I rejoice," he said, "that America has resisted — three millions of people so dead to all * Parl. History, vol. xvi., col. have rights of taxation as well as 98. yourselves : rights which they... | |
| William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - Europe - 1838 - 516 pages
...project. The gentleman tells us, America is obstinate; America is almost in open rebellion. I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people...have been fit instruments to make slaves of the rest. I come not here armed at all points, with law cases and acts of parliament, with the statute-book doubled... | |
| William Pitt (1st earl of Chatham.), William Stanhope Taylor - Europe - 1838 - 532 pages
...project. The gentleman tells us, America is obstinate; America is almost in open rebellion. I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people...have been fit instruments to make slaves of the rest. I come not here armed at all points, with law cases and acts of parliament, with the statute-book doubled... | |
| 1838 - 892 pages
...We are told that America is obstinate — that America is almost in open rebellion. Sir, I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people...would have been fit instruments to make slaves of all the rest." For the 3,000,000 let the House read 1,000,000, or even 500,000, and would not the same... | |
| English periodicals - 1838 - 750 pages
...Commons and the public, by declaring; " I rejoice that " the Canadians have resisted ! Half a million of people, so " dead to all the feelings of liberty...been fit instruments to make slaves of " the rest"\" Similar opinions were expressed during the debates on the Canadian question, by Mr. Hume, Mr. Warburton... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1838 - 740 pages
...:--We are told that America is obstinate — that America is almost in open rebellion. Sir, I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people...the feelings of liberty as voluntarily to submit to to be slaves would have been fit instruments to make slaves of all the rest." l''or the three millions... | |
| Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - American periodicals - 1838 - 604 pages
...obstinacy of America,' said 'that she was almost in open rebellion.' Mr. Pitt exclaimed, 'I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people...dead to all the feelings of liberty as voluntarily to let themselves be made slaves, would have been fit instruments to make slaves ol all the rest!' —... | |
| English periodicals - 1838 - 722 pages
...Commons and the public, by declaring; "I rejoice that " the Canadians have resisted ! Half a million of people, so " dead to all the feelings of liberty as voluntarily to submtt to " be slaves, would have been fit instruments to make slaves of " Ihe rest^" Similar opinions... | |
| Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - France - 1839 - 460 pages
...obstinacy of America," said " that she was almost in open rebellion." Mr. Pitt exclaimed, " I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people,...dead to all the feelings of liberty as voluntarily to let themselves be made slaves, would have been fit instruments to make slaves of all the rest !"—... | |
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