 These lawyers, and men of learning, and moneyed men, that talk so finely, and gloss over matters so smoothly, to make us poor illiterate people swallow down the pill, expect to get into Congress themselves; they expect to be the managers of this Constitution,...  The United States of America: 1783-1830 - Page 107by Edwin Erle Sparks - 1904Full view - About this book
 | Massachusetts. Convention - Constitutional history - 1856 - 474 pages
...lay it on the land, and take all we have got. These lawyers, and men of learning, and moneyed men, that talk so finely, and gloss over matters so smoothly,...managers of this Constitution, and get all the power and all the money into their own hands, and then they will swallow up all us little folks, like the great... | |
 | William Cabell Rives - United States - 1866 - 716 pages
...Mr. Singletary next harangued the convention : " These lawyers, and men of learning, and moneyed men, that talk so finely and gloss over matters so smoothly...expect to be the managers of this Constitution, and expect to get all the power and all the money into their own hands, and then they will swallow up all... | |
 | John Fiske - United States - 1888 - 404 pages
...of wealthy merchants. " These lawyers," said Amos Singletary, "and men of learning, and moneyed men that talk so finely and gloss over matters so smoothly, to make us poor illiterate people swallow the pill, expect to get into Congress themselves. They mean to be managers of the Constitution. They... | |
 | John Bach McMaster - United States - 1891 - 654 pages
...rich. " These lawyers," exclaimed Mr. Singletary on one occasion, "and men of learning and moneyed men that talk so finely and gloss over matters so smoothly...pill, expect to get into Congress themselves. They mean to be the managers of the Constitution. They mean to get all the money into their hands, and then... | |
 | Livingston County (N.Y.) - 1892 - 506 pages
...grew exciting. He heard Amos Singletary say,— "These lawyers and men of learning, and monied men that talk so finely and gloss over matters so smoothly, to make us poor illiterate people swallow the pill, expect to get into congress themselves, they mean to be managers of the constitution, they... | |
 | Thomas Francis Moran - Political Science - 1904 - 580 pages
...the oppression of a future Congress. "These lawyers and men of learning, and moneyed men," he said, "that talk so finely, and gloss over matters so smoothly,...managers of this Constitution, and get all the power and all the money into their own hands, and then they will swallow up all us little folks, like the great... | |
 | United States - 1904 - 584 pages
...the oppression of a future Congress. " These lawyers and men of learning, and moneyed men," he said, "that talk so finely, and gloss over matters so smoothly,...managers of this Constitution, and get all the power and all the money into their own hands, and then they will swallow up all us little folks, like the great... | |
 | Oneida Historical Society at Utica - Oneida County (N.Y.) - 1905 - 474 pages
...the delegates in the Massachusetts Convention : "These lawyers and men of learning and moneyed men that talk so finely and gloss over matters so smoothly...pill, expect to get into Congress themselves. They mean to be the managers of the Constitution. They mean to get all the money into their hands, and they... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - History - 1905 - 680 pages
...(January 2, 1788) ; Connecticut followed, after a hot discussion, by a vote of 128 to 40 (January 9). the pill, expect to get into Congress themselves ;...managers of this Constitution, and get all the power and all the money into their own hands, and then they will swallow up all us little folks, like the great... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - United States - 1905 - 644 pages
...over matters so smoothly, and make us poor illiterate people swallow down HAKT'a AMER. H18T. — 13 the pill, expect to get into Congress themselves ;...managers of this Constitution, and get all the power and all the money into their own hands, and then they will swallow up all us little folks, like the great... | |
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