 | Hinton Rowan Helper - Slavery - 1860 - 464 pages
...indeed, are ever seen to labor. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure, when we have remov d their only firm basis — a conviction in the minds...his wrath ? Indeed, I tremble for my country when 1 reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever; that considering numbers, nature,... | |
 | William M. Thayer - Boston (Mass.) - 1860 - 358 pages
...true, that of the proprietors of slaves, a very small proportion indeed are ever seen to labor. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when...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, / tremble for my country... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - Cuba - 1860 - 364 pages
...did Jefferson, the father of American democracy say, and his words are worthy of being pondered : " Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure, when...in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God? that they are not to be violated but by his wrath ? Indeed I tremble for my country,... | |
 | Alexander M'Leod - Slavery - 1860 - 46 pages
...industry also is destroyed. Of the proprietors of slaves a small proportion is ever seen to labor. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure, when...only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the public that their liberties are the gift of God ? that they are not to be violated but with his wrath?... | |
 | James Redpath - Biography & Autobiography - 1860 - 530 pages
...morals of the one part, and the amor patria of the other ! And can the liberties of a nation be deemed secure, when we have removed their only firm basis...in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God ? that they arc not to be violated but with his wrath ? Indeed, I tremble for my country... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - Cuba - 1860 - 374 pages
...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 by his wrath ? Indeed I tremble for my country, when I reflect that God is just ; that his justice... | |
 | George Livermore - African Americans - 1862 - 246 pages
...true, that, of the proprietors of slaves, a very small proportion indeed are ever seen to labor. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when...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,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 792 pages
...true, that of the proprietors of slaves a very small proportion indeed are ever seen to labor. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when...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 tremble for my... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1862 - 796 pages
...proprictors of slaves a very small proportion indeed are ever seen to labor. And can the libertics of a nation be thought secure when we have removed...a conviction in the minds of the people that these libertics are the gift of God ? — that they are not to be violated but with his wrath ? Indeed, I... | |
 | Elhanan Winchester Reynolds - Slavery - 1862 - 268 pages
...Liberties beyond the sea — rising from their sepulchres — wafted after her their solemn " God speed ! " we have removed their only firm basis, — a conviction in the minds of the people that their liberties are the gifts of God, that they are not to be violated but with his wrath? Indeed,... | |
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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 of the gift of God? 
