 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
 | William Backus Guitteau - United States - 1919 - 730 pages
...the climate and the soil of the country, had made slavery impossible there. " 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." The North, continued... | |
 | David Saville Muzzey - United States - 1920 - 672 pages
...excluded the cotton planter from its deserts and high plateaus. "I would not take pains," he said, "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." He spoke in behalf... | |
 | Organization of American Historians - Mississippi River Valley - 1923 - 862 pages
...it is now generally conceded that there was profound wisdom in the utterance: "I would not take the pains uselessly to reaffirm an ordinance of nature, nor to reenact the will of God. ' ' Of this principle Douglas became the heir and champion. He would remove the question of slavery... | |
 | David Saville Muzzey - United States - 1922 - 696 pages
...physical geography, which made impossible in them the cultivation of the staple products of the South. He "would not take pains uselessly to reaffirm an ordinance of nature nor to reenact the will of God." He "would put in no Wilmot Proviso for the mere purpose of a taunt or a reproach." The abolitionist... | |
 | Elijah Robinson Kennedy - Lawyers - 1924 - 292 pages
...whatever. Such a prohibition would be idle as respects any effect it would have upon the territory; and I would not take pains uselessly to reaffirm an ordinance of nature or to re-enact the will of God. I would put in no Wilmot Proviso for the mere purpose of a taunt or... | |
 | David Saville Muzzey - United States - 1927 - 710 pages
...physical geography, which made impossible in them the cultivation of the staple products of the South. He "would not take pains uselessly to reaffirm an ordinance of nature nor to reenact the will of God." He "would put in no Wilmot Proviso for the mere purpose of a taunt or a reproach. " The abolitionist... | |
 | Raymond Garfield Gettell - Political science - 1928 - 652 pages
...territories. He believed that slavery would not be successful in any case in these areas, and said that he "would not take pains uselessly to reaffirm an ordinance of nature, nor to re-enact the will of God." n Manual of Political Ethics (1838-1839), Legal and Political Hermtncutics (1839), Civil Liberty and... | |
 | Texas - 1928 - 692 pages
...men. 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.o Had Daniel Webster turned his mind to the discovery of the place where the ordinance of nature... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart, John Gould Curtis - United States - 1901 - 758 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... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart, John Gould Curtis - United States - 1901 - 772 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... | |
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