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" Tell me not of rights — talk not of the property of the planter in his slaves. I deny the right — I acknowledge not the property. The principles, the feelings of our common nature, rise in rebellion against it. Be the appeal made to the understanding... "
Speeches and Letters of Gerrit Smith ...: On the Rebellion ... - Page 59
by Gerrit Smith - 1864
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 51

1830 - 622 pages
...made to the understanding or to the ' heart, the sentence is the same that rejects it. In vain yon ' tell me of laws that sanction such a claim ! There...is a law ' above all the enactments of human codes — the same through< out the world, the same in all times — such as it wag before the ' daring genius...
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The Quarterly Christian Spectator

Theology - 1832 - 698 pages
...us demanding or to the heart, the sentence is the sainn, that rejects it. In vain fat tell me of the laws that sanction such a claim ! There is a law above all ib enactments of human codes. * * * In vain you appeal to treaties, to covenanli b» tween nations....
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The Christian observer [afterw.] The Christian observer and advocate

1830 - 862 pages
...piracy, and slave-traders are punishable as pirates. the planter in his slaves. I deny the right — I acknowledge not the property. The principles, the...There is a law above all the enactments of human codes — the same throughout the world, the same in all times — such as it was before the daring genius...
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Anti-slavery Monthly Reporter, Volume 3

Zachary Macaulay - Antislavery movements - 1831 - 592 pages
...piracy, and alave-traders are punishable as pirates. the planter in his slaves. I deny the right — I acknowledge not the property. The principles, the...There is a law above all the enactments of human codes — the same throughout the world, the same in all times — such as it was before the daring genius...
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The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th]

1830 - 592 pages
...the planter in his slaves. ' I deny the right — I acknowledge not the property. The prin' ciples, the feelings of our common nature, rise in rebellion...is a law ' above all the enactments of human codes — the same through' out the world, the same in all times — such as it was before the ' daring genius...
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Anti-slavery Monthly Reporter, Volume 3

Zachary Macaulay - Antislavery movements - 1831 - 592 pages
...Brougham — Mr. Protheroe — Mr. K. Doug lot. 333 the planter in his slaves. I deny the right — 1 acknowledge not the property. The principles, the...There is a law above all the enactments of human codes — the same throughout the world, the same in all times — such as it was before the daring genius...
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Selections from the Speeches and Writings of the Right Honourable Henry ...

Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - Great Britain - 1832 - 284 pages
...Tell me not of rights—talk not of the property of the planter in his Slaves. I deny the right— I acknowledge not the property. The principles, the...claim! There is a law above all the enactments of human codes—the same throughout the world, the same in all times—such as it was before the daring genius...
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Thoughts on African Colonization, Or, An Impartial Exhibition of the ...

William Lloyd Garrison - African Americans - 1832 - 278 pages
...understanding or to the heart, the sentence is the same that rejects it. In vain you tell me of the laws that sanction such a claim ! There is a law above all the enactments of human codes — the same throughout the world, the same in all times — such as it was before the daring genius...
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Thoughts on African Colonization, Or, An Impartial Exhibition of the ...

William Lloyd Garrison - African Americans - 1832 - 250 pages
...understanding or to the heart, the sentence is the same that rejects it. In vain you tell me of the laws that sanction such a claim ! There is a law above all the enactments of human codes — the same throughout the world, the same in all times — such as it was before the daring genius...
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The Testimony of God Against Slavery: A Collection of Passages from the ...

La Roy Sunderland - Antislavery movements - 1836 - 194 pages
...the most despicable — he is a political hypocrite of the very worst description. —- [O'Connell.] There is a law above all the enactments of human codes. It is the law written by the finger of God on the heart of man; and by that law, unchangeable and eternal, while men despise fraud, and loath...
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