 | Francis Hall - Canada - 1818 - 564 pages
...mistaken in his character, the philosopher of Monticello * '.' I tremble for ray country," sayť he, " when I reflect that God is just ; that his justice cannot sleep for ever," Notes on Virginia, p. 241. will be himself among the first to rejoice in his own defeat. I forbear... | |
 | David Martin - Slave insurrections - 1819 - 124 pages
...they are not to be violated but with fhe wrath of God. Indeed, (he says,) I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever; that, considering numbers, nature, and natural means only, a revolution of the wheel of fortune... | |
 | Daniel Blowe - Canada - 1820 - 788 pages
...gifts of God? — that they are not to be violated but with his wrath ? Indeed 1 tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just ; that his justice cannot sleep for ever ; that considering uumbers, nature, and natural means only, a revolution of the wheel of fortune, and exchange of situation,... | |
 | Frederick Butler - United States - 1821 - 474 pages
...slaves, a very small proportion indeed are ever seen to labour. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm...just ; that his justice cannot sleep for ever : that consid. ering numbers, nature and natural means only, a revolution of the wheel of fortune, an exchange... | |
 | Antislavery movements - 1833 - 204 pages
...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...reflect that God is just ; that his justice cannot sleep forever : that considering numbers, nature and natural means only, a revolution in the wheel of fortune,... | |
 | William Newnham Blane - Canada - 1824 - 530 pages
...proprietors of slaves, a very small proportion indeed are ever seen to laboiir. I tremble for my country, when I reflect, that God is jUst ; that his justice...sleep•• for ever; that considering numbers, nature, and nsu. tural means only, a revolution of the wheel of for* tune, an exchange of situation, is among possible... | |
 | American Colonization Society - African Americans - 1828 - 612 pages
...another labour for him. This is so true, that of the proprietors of slaves, a very small proportion indeed are ever seen to labour. And can the liberties...reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep forever: that considering numbers, nature, and natural means only, a revolution of the wheel of fortune,... | |
 | Samuel Putnam - Readers - 1828 - 314 pages
...secure, when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people, that their liberties are the gift of God ? That they are not...reflect that God is just ; that his justice cannot sleep forever; that considering numbers, nature and natural means only, a revolution of the wheel of fortune,... | |
 | Back to Africa movement - 1830 - 404 pages
...another labour for him. This is so true, that of the proprietors of slaves, a very small proportion indeed are ever seen to labour. And can the liberties...reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep forever: that considering numbers, nature, and natural means only, a revolution of the wheel of fortune,... | |
 | African Americans - 1830 - 398 pages
...another labour for him. This is so true, that of the proprietors of slaves, a very small proportion indeed are ever seen to labour. And can the liberties...reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep forever: that considering numbers, nature, and natural means only, a revolution of the wheel of fortune,... | |
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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 the gift of God ? — that they are not to be violated but with his wrath ? Indeed, I... 
