 | William Winterbotham - America - 1795 - 558 pages
...fecure when they have removed their only firm bafis, a conviction in the ininds of the people that thefe liberties are of the gift of God ; that they are not to be violated but with his wrath ? It is tmpoffible to be temperate and to purfue this fubjeft through the... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - Virginia - 1801 - 402 pages
...fecure when we have removed their only firm bans, a conviclion in the minds of the people that thefe liberties are of the gift of God ? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath ? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is juft ; that... | |
 | Henry Ker - Mexico - 1816 - 392 pages
...proportion indeed are ever seen to labour. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when they have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of tlie. people that these liberties are the gift of God, that they are not to be violated but with his... | |
 | David Martin - Slavery - 1819 - 124 pages
...own miserable condition on the endless generations proceeding from him:" contimiing, he asks, "can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we...basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that their liberties are the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath? I tremble... | |
 | Daniel Blowe - Canada - 1820 - 788 pages
...proportion indeed are ever seen to labour. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we hare removed their only firm basis — a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gifts of God? — that they are not to be violated but with his wrath ? Indeed 1 tremble for my... | |
 | Antislavery movements - 1833 - 204 pages
...heart. Again, in his Notes on Virginia, written some years after, he uses this strong language. "Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we...liberties are of the gift of God ? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath ? Indeed, I tremble for my country, when I reflect that God is just ; that... | |
 | American Colonization Society - African Americans - 1828 - 612 pages
...slaves, a very small proportion indeed are ever seen to labour. And can the liberties of a nation be ever thought secure, when we have removed their only firm...the minds of the people, that these liberties are the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath? Indeed, I tremble for my country... | |
 | Samuel Putnam - Readers - 1828 - 314 pages
...is destroyed besides the morals of the people ? What are the effects of a warm climate on industry ? thought secure, when we have removed their only firm...basis, a conviction in the minds of the people, that their liberties are the gift of God ? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath ? Indeed... | |
 | African Americans - 1830 - 398 pages
...not reflect that every day renders the task more arduous to be performed." Mr. Jefferson. "And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure, when...the minds of the people, that these liberties are the gift of God. With what execration should the statesman be loaded, who, permitting one half the... | |
 | African Americans - 1830 - 412 pages
...not reflect that every day renders the task more arduous to be perform«d." Mr. Jeffer.son. "And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure, when...the minds of the people, that these liberties are the gift of God. With what execration should the statesman be loaded, who, permitting one half the... | |
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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 of the gift of God? 
