 Such a prohibition would be idle, as it respects any effect it would have upon the territory; and I would not take pains uselessly to reaffirm an ordinance of nature, nor to re-enact the will of God.  History of the American Civil War - Page 30by John William Draper - 1867Full view - About this book
 | Horace Mann - Slavery - 1851 - 588 pages
...word into the sentence, which changes its whole meaning. Affirming that he quotes himself, he says, "I would not take pains USELESSLY to reaffirm an ordinance of Nature, or to reenact the will of God." By foisting in the word which I have underscored, he changes the entire... | |
 | Theodore Parker - Sermons, American - 1852 - 464 pages
...would be idle, as it respects any effect it would have upon the territory : and I would not take pains to reaffirm an ordinance of nature, nor to re-enact the will of God." "The gentlemen who belong to the Southern States would think it a taunt, an indignity ; they would... | |
 | England - 1853 - 788 pages
...Primary metamoiphic rocks and granite. во that he would not take the trouble of prohibiting it. " I would not take pains uselessly to re-affirm an ordinance of nature, nor to re-enact the will of God." Yet all experience, ancient and modern, in Europe and America, is opposed to Webster's doctrine. Taking... | |
 | United States - 1853 - 588 pages
...and New Mexico were unsuited to the condition of slavery," and that " he would not take the trouble uselessly to re-affirm an ordinance of nature, nor to re-enact the will of God," which, though he admits it to be " not without a show of broad natural reason," he affirms is not sanctioned... | |
 | Daniel Webster - United States - 1853 - 658 pages
...Speaking of what I thought the impossibility of the existence of African slavery in New Mexico, I said, " I would not take pains uselessly to reaffirm an ordinance of nature, or to reenact the will of God." Every body knew that, by the " will of God," I meant that expression... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1854 - 568 pages
...whatever. Such a prohibition would be idle, as it respects any effect it would hare upon the territory; and I would not take pains uselessly to reaffirm an ordinance of nature, nor to reenact the will of God. I would put in no Wilmot Proviso for the mere purpose of a taunt or a reproach. I would put into it... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Tefft - Legislators - 1854 - 560 pages
...would be idle, as it respects any effect it would have upon the territory ; and I would not take pains to reaffirm an ordinance of nature, nor to reenact the will of God. And I would put in no Wilmot proviso, for the purpose of a taunt or a reproach. I would put into it... | |
 | Joel Parker - 1856 - 554 pages
..." such prohibition would be idle as it respects any effect it would have upon the territory, and he would not take pains uselessly to reaffirm an ordinance of nature, nor to reenact the will of God," — he caused extracts from his speeches in 1837 and 1847 to be read as evidence of his uniform opinions,... | |
 | Joel Parker - Slavery - 1856 - 92 pages
..." such prohibition would be idle as it respects any effect it would have upon the territory, and he would not take pains uselessly to reaffirm an ordinance of nature, nor to reenact the will of God," — he caused extracts from his speeches in 1837 and 1847 to be read as evidence of his uniform opinions,... | |
 | Samuel Mosheim Smucker - Death notices - 1859 - 662 pages
...would be idle, as it respects any effect it would have upon the Territory ; and I would not take pains to reaffirm an ordinance of Nature, nor to re-enact the will of God. And I would put in no Wilmot Proviso for the purpose of a taunt or a reproach. I would put into it... | |
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