 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 205by Hinton Rowan Helper - 1857 - 420 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William T. Alexander - African Americans - 1800 - 662 pages
...of Heaven on a country. As Nations can not be rewarded or punished in the next world, thoy must be in this, by an inevitable chain of causes and effects....Providence punishes National sins by National calamities." Jefferson in the same year, after detailing the evils of slavery, added, " Indeed, I tremble for my... | |
 | J. G. Evans - 1891 - 284 pages
...manners. Every master of slaves is born a petty tyrant. It brings the judgement of heaven on a country. By an inevitable chain of causes and effects Providence punishes national sins by national calamities." The brutalizing influences of slavery upon Southern society is not a question for debate. It had a... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1891 - 452 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... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - Authors, American - 1891 - 454 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... | |
 | Francis Fisher Browne - American literature - 1892 - 426 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,...national calamities." He lamented that some of our Küstern brethren had, from a lust of gain, embarked in this nefarious traffic. As to the States being... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 458 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... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 478 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... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - American literature - 1892 - 486 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... | |
 | George Bancroft - United States - 1896 - 616 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. I lament that some of our eastern brethren have, from a lust of gain, embarked in this nefarious traffic.... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson Morgan - Citizenship - 1895 - 376 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. — George Mason. The worst evil this Nation has ever ended was the sale of human beings. — St. Clair... | |
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