 ... passions, and thus nursed, educated, and daily exercised in tyranny, cannot but be stamped by it with odious peculiarities. The man must be a prodigy who can retain his manners and morals undepraved by such circumstances.  The Atlantic Monthly - Page 2731872Full view - About this book
 | William Newnham Blane - History - 1824 - 532 pages
...proprietors of slaves, a very small proportion indeed are ever seen to labour. 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 only, a revolution of the wheel of fortune,... | |
 | Samuel Putnam - Readers - 1828 - 314 pages
...educated, and daily exercised in tyranny, cannot but be stamped by it with odious peculiarities. The man must be a prodigy, who can retain his manners and morals undepraved by such circumstances. And with what execration should the statesman be loaded, who permitting one half the citizens thus... | |
 | African Americans - 1830 - 510 pages
...nursed, educated, and exercised in tyranny, cannot but be stamped by it with odious peculiarities. The man must be a prodigy who can retain his manners and morals undepraved by such circumstances. And with what execrations should the statesman be loaded, who, permitting one half of the citizens... | |
 | African Americans - 1830 - 398 pages
...nursed, educated, and exercised in tyranny, cannot but be stamped by it with odious peculiarities. The man must be a prodigy who can retain his manners and morals undepraved by such circumstances. And with what execrations should the statesman be loaded, who, permitting one half of the citizens... | |
 | B. L. Rayner - History - 1832 - 568 pages
...gift of God ? That they 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...numbers, nature and natural means only, a revolution in the wheel of fortune, an exchange of situation is among possible events: that it may become probable... | |
 | B. L. Rayner - History - 1832 - 982 pages
...educated, and daily exercised in tyranny, cannot but be stamped by it with odious peculiarities. The man must be a prodigy who can retain his manners and morals undepraved by such circumstances. And with what execration should the statesman be loaded, who, permitting one half the citizens thus... | |
 | James Grahame - United States - 1833 - 576 pages
...for my country," says Mr. Jefferson, in his observations on the dave population of this province, " when I reflect that God is just ; that his justice cannot sleep for ever; that considering numbers, nature, and natural means only, a revolution of the wheel of fortune,... | |
 | 1833 - 618 pages
...making men slaves and keeping them slaves. President Jefferson well said, " 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, only, a revolution of the wheel of... | |
 | B. L. Rayner - 1834 - 442 pages
...gift of God ? That they 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...numbers, nature and natural means only, a revolution in the wheel of fortune, an exchange of situation is among possible events ; that it may become probable... | |
 | B. L. Rayner - 1834 - 820 pages
...educated, and daily exercised in tyranny, cannot but be- stamped by it with odious peculiarities. The man must be a prodigy who can retain his manners and morals undepraved by such circumstances. And with what execration should the statesman be loaded, who, permitting . one half the .citizens thus... | |
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