 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? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath? Indeed I tremble...  The Impending Crisis of the South: How to Meet it - Page 180by Hinton Rowan Helper - 1857 - 420 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Wells Brown - 1853 - 296 pages
...Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep for ever; that, considering numbers, nature, and natural means...attribute which can take side with us in such a contest. "What an incomprehensible machine is man ! Who can endure toil, famine, stripes, imprisonment, and... | |
 | Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts - 1853 - 792 pages
...are not to be violated but by his wrath. " Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just ; that His justice cannot sleep forever ;...wheel of fortune, an exchange of situation is among the possible events ; that it may become probable by supernatural interference. The Almighty God has... | |
 | William Jay - Slavery - 1853 - 684 pages
...I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just ; that his justice cannot sleep for ever ; that, considering numbers, nature, and natural means...situation is among possible events; that it may become possible by supernatural interference. The Almighty has no attribute which can take side with us in... | |
 | 164 pages
...are not to be violated but with his wrath. Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever ; that,...revolution of the wheel of fortune, an exchange of situations is among possible events ; that it may become probable by supernatural interference. The... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - United States - 1854 - 634 pages
...are not to be violated but with his wrath ? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just ; that his justice cannot sleep forever ;...attribute which can take side with us in such a contest. But it is impossible to be temperate and to pursue this subject through the various considerations... | |
 | United States. Congress - Law - 1855 - 714 pages
...justice cannot sleep for ever ; that, considering numbers, nature and natural means only, a revolution on the wheel of fortune, an exchange of situation is...attribute which can take side with us in such a contest. But it is impossible to be temperate and to pursue the subject through the various considerations of... | |
 | Hosea Ballou, George Homer Emerson, Thomas Baldwin Thayer, Richard Eddy - Universalism - 1856 - 464 pages
...attention to the things of this world."25 "Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just ; that his justice cannot sleep forever ;...revolution of the wheel of fortune, an exchange of situations is among possible events ; that it may become probable by supernatural interference ! The... | |
 | United States - 1856 - 654 pages
...destroyed. Indeed, I yemhtefpr my country u'hen I reflect that God is just, and Xkat hit justice eannot sleep forever ; that considering numbers, nature,...wheel of fortune, an exchange of situation, is among poifAfe event* ; that it may become probahle by supernntnral interference ! THE ALMIGHTY HAB HO ATTRIBUTE... | |
 | James Watson Webb - Campaign literature - 1856 - 112 pages
...Jefferson said — " I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just," and that " a revolution in the wheel of fortune— an exchange of situation is among possible events." They can't exist without our protection • and we have simply to point to the Constitution and enforce... | |
 | Julius Rubens Ames - Abolitionists - 1857 - 348 pages
...I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just ; that his justice cannot sleep for ever ; that considering numbers, nature, and natural means...among possible events : that it may become probable by supematural interference! The Almighty has no attribute which can take side with us in such a contest.... | |
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