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" Every master of slaves is born a petty tyrant. They bring the judgment of HEAVEN on a country. As nations cannot be rewarded or punished in the next world, they must be in this. By an inevitable chain of causes and effects, Providence punishes national... "
The Impending Crisis of the South: How to Meet it - Page 205
by Hinton Rowan Helper - 1857 - 420 pages
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Teachings of Patriots and Statesmen: Or, The "founders of the Republic" on ...

Ezra B. Chase - Slavery - 1861 - 514 pages
...judgment of HEAVEN on a country. As nations cannot be rewarded or punished in the next world, they must be in this. By an inevitable chain of causes and effects,...case with many other rights, now to be properly given np. He held it essential, in every point of view, that the general government should have power to...
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The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of ..., Volume 5

Jonathan Elliot - Constitutional history - 1861 - 686 pages
...of Heaven on a country. As nations' cannot be rewarded or punished in the next world, they must be in this. By an inevitable chain of causes and effects,...states being in possession of the right to import, tin's was the case with many other rights, now to be properly given up. He held it essential, in every...
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A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States: With Remarks on Their Economy

Frederick Law Olmsted - History - 1861 - 756 pages
...manners. Every master of slaves is born a petty tyrant. They bring the judgment of heaven on a country. By an inevitable chain of causes and effects Providence punishes national sins by national alamities. He lamented that some of our eastern brethren, from a Inst of gain, have embarked in this...
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The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the ..., Volume 1

Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1864 - 694 pages
...the judgment of heaven on a country. As natiims can not be punished in the next world, they must be in this. By an inevitable chain of causes and effects,...punishes national sins by national calamities. * * * He held it essential, in every point of view, that the General Government should have power to prevent...
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American Quarterly Church Review, and Ecclesiastical Register, Volume 15

1864 - 746 pages
...judgment of Heaven on a country. As nations cannot be rewarded or punished in the next world, they must be in this. By an inevitable chain of causes and effects,...Providence punishes national sins by national calamities. Ho lamented that some of our Eastern brethren had, from a lust of gain, embarked in this nefarious...
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Soundings from the Atlantic

Oliver Wendell Holmes - American essays - 1864 - 490 pages
...adding the solemn warning, now fearfully justifying itself in the sight of his descendants, that " by an inevitable chain of causes and effects, Providence punishes national sins by national calamities." The Virginian romancer pictured the far-off scenes of the conflict which he saw approaching, as the...
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Soundings from the Atlantic

Oliver Wendell Holmes - American essays - 1864 - 490 pages
...adding the solemn warning, now fearfully justifying itself in the sight of his descendants, that " by an inevitable chain of causes and effects, Providence punishes national sins by national calamities." The Virginian romancer pictured the far-off scenes of the conflict which he saw approaching, as the...
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History of the Life and Times of James Madison, Volume 2

William Cabell Rives - United States - 1866 - 716 pages
...frankness the strong sentiments of aversion he entertained to slavery itself, he concluded by saying " he lamented that some of our Eastern brethren had,...this nefarious traffic. As to the States being in possesIMPORTATION OF SLAVES. 447 sion of the right to import, this was the case with many other rights...
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Oration Delivered Before the City Authorities of Boston, on the Fourth of ...

Oliver Wendell Holmes - Fourth of July orations - 1868 - 72 pages
...system, adding the solemn warning now fearfully justifying itself in the sight of his descendants, that " by an inevitable chain of causes and effects, Providence punishes national sins by national calamities." The Virginian romancer pictured the far-off scenes of the conflict which he saw approaching, as the...
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History of the Life and Times of James Madison, Volume 2

William Cabell Rives - United States - 1870 - 692 pages
...frankness the strong sentiments of aversion he entertained to slavery itself, he concluded by saying " he lamented that some of our Eastern brethren had,...with many other rights now to be properly given up." The discussion was continued with animation ; and, in the course of it, General Pinckney, of South...
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