The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 1Houghton, Mifflin, 1884 - New York (State) |
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Page i
... Liberty be mute ; and if tyrants should find men to plead for them , and they that can waste and vanquish tyrants , should not be able to find advocates . " MILTON . IN FIVE VOLUMES VOL . I. NEW EDITION BOSTON HOUGHTON , MIFFLIN AND ...
... Liberty be mute ; and if tyrants should find men to plead for them , and they that can waste and vanquish tyrants , should not be able to find advocates . " MILTON . IN FIVE VOLUMES VOL . I. NEW EDITION BOSTON HOUGHTON , MIFFLIN AND ...
Page xxiii
... liberty and life have been committed to the integrity and ability of ' this young man of thirty - three , ' and he has never faltered in his trust , nor failed in an emer- gency , nor left unfulfilled an expectation . " But His most ...
... liberty and life have been committed to the integrity and ability of ' this young man of thirty - three , ' and he has never faltered in his trust , nor failed in an emer- gency , nor left unfulfilled an expectation . " But His most ...
Page xxiv
... liberty . In his view , freedom is national and slavery sectional . With him the purpose of the Union is to establish the blessings of equality , justice and humanity ; not to enlarge the area of bondage and oppression . His hostility ...
... liberty . In his view , freedom is national and slavery sectional . With him the purpose of the Union is to establish the blessings of equality , justice and humanity ; not to enlarge the area of bondage and oppression . His hostility ...
Page xxvi
... liberty in other lands - asserting its claims on American sympathy , in the same line of argument which he afterwards reproduced in behalf of Ireland and Hun- gary . His vigorous and glowing appeal was met by the people to whom it was ...
... liberty in other lands - asserting its claims on American sympathy , in the same line of argument which he afterwards reproduced in behalf of Ireland and Hun- gary . His vigorous and glowing appeal was met by the people to whom it was ...
Page xxvii
... liberty to decline it . Al- though the district had given a large Jackson majority the pre- ceding year , and the anti - masonic candidate for governor , Francis Granger , was defeated , at the same election , by a majority of 8000 , Mr ...
... liberty to decline it . Al- though the district had given a large Jackson majority the pre- ceding year , and the anti - masonic candidate for governor , Francis Granger , was defeated , at the same election , by a majority of 8000 , Mr ...
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