 | United States - 1848 - 624 pages
...way a general emancipation and expatriation could be effected gradually; and with due sacrifices, 1 think it might be. But as it is, we have the wolf...can neither hold him nor safely let him go. Justice in one scale, and self-preservation in the other. Of one thing I am certain, that as ¡he passage of... | |
 | United States - 1848 - 594 pages
...single thought, if in that way a general emancipHtion and expatriation could be eflected graduHlly; and with due sacrifices, I think it might be. but as it is, we have the wolf by the ears, nod we can neither hold him nor safely let him go. Justice in one scale, and self-preservation in the... | |
 | 1848 - 708 pages
...(for so it is misnamed ! !) is a bagatelle which would not cost me a second thought, if, in this way, a general emancipation and expatriation could be effected...be. But as it is, we have the wolf by the ears, and can neither hold him nor let him go. Justice is n the one scale, and self-preservation in the other."... | |
 | John Caldwell Calhoun - United States - 1854 - 762 pages
...property (for so it is misnamed) is a bagatelle, which would not cost me a second thought, if in that way a general emancipation and expatriation could be effected;...be. But, as it is, we have the wolf by the ears, and wo can neither hold him nor safely let him go. Justice is in one scale, and self-preservation in the... | |
 | James Watson Webb - Campaign literature - 1856 - 112 pages
...property, for so it is misnamed, is a bagatelle, which would not cost me a second thought, if, in that way, a general emancipation and expatriation could be effected...gradually, and with due sacrifices, I think it might be." So much for Thomas Jefferson, of Virginia, and the great oracle of Democracy, by which Henry A. Wise... | |
 | William L. G. Smith - Canada History War of 1812 - 1856 - 798 pages
...expatriation could be effected gradually; and, with due sacrifice, I think it might be. But as it is, \ve have the wolf by the ears, and we can neither hold him nor safely let him go. Justice in one case, and self-preservation in the other!" General Cass heard Mr. Madison observe in conversation,... | |
 | William L. G. Smith - Ontario - 1856 - 800 pages
...way, a general emancipation and expatriation could be effected gradually; and, with due sacrifice, I think it might be. But as it is, we have the wolf by the ear?, and we can neither hold him nor safely let him go. Justice in one case, and self-preservation... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - 1858 - 764 pages
...property, for so it is misnamed, is a bagatelle which would not cost me a second thought, if, in that way, a general emancipation and expatriation could be effected...be. But as it is, we have the wolf by the ears, and wo can neither hold him, nor safely let him go. Justice is in one scale, and self-preservation in the... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - Presidents - 1858 - 916 pages
...property, for so it is misnamed, is a bagatelle which would not cost me a second thought, if, in that way, a general emancipation and expatriation could be effected...be. But as it is, we have the wolf by the ears, and wo can neither hold him, nor safely let him go. Justice is in one scale, and self-preservation in the... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - Presidents - 1858 - 760 pages
...gradually, and with due sacrifices, I think it might be. But as it is, we have the wolf by the ears, and wo can neither hold him, nor safely let him go. Justice is in one scale, and self-preservation in the other. Of one thing I am certain, that as the passage of slaves from one state... | |
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The cession of that kind of property, for so it is misnamed, is a bagatelle which would not cost me a second thought, if, in that way, a general emancipation and expatriation could be effected ; and, gradually, and with due sacrifices, I think it might... 
