 | Bible - 1868 - 186 pages
...hardened. The author of the Declaration of Independence, appalled by the iniquitous scene, exclaimed, " Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when...basis, — a conviction in the minds of the people that their liberties are the gift of God, — that they are not to be violated but with his wrath? Indeed,... | |
 | 1868 - 450 pages
...proportion, mdeed, are ever seen to labor. And can tho liberties of a nation be thought secure when wo 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 bat with his wrath. Indeed I tremble for my country... | |
 | Jesse Truesdell Peck - United States - 1868 - 774 pages
...one part, and the amor patrice of the other ! And can the liberties of a nation be thought secured, when we have removed their only firm basis, — a conviction in the minds of the people that their liberties are the gift of Godl Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just,... | |
 | 1869 - 474 pages
...gone, but we find an answer to the significant question propounded by Mr. Jefferson — viz : " And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm bash — a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God, and that... | |
 | Benjamin Nicholas Martin - American literature - 1871 - 236 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...basis — a conviction in the minds of the people that they are the gift of God ? that they are not to be violated but with his wrath ? Indeed, I tremble... | |
 | George Washington Julian - Civil rights - 1872 - 508 pages
...to burst forth in the regions of the blessed." "Can the liberties of a nation," said Mr. Jefferson, "be thought secure, when we have removed their only...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 country... | |
 | William Frederick Poole - History - 1873 - 120 pages
...these into enemies — destroys the morals of the one part, and the amor patri<e of the other ? . . Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when...their only firm basis — a conviction in the minds of men that these liberties are the gift of God; that they are not to be violated but with His wrath?... | |
 | William Frederick Poole - History - 1873 - 110 pages
...these into enemies — destroys the morals of the one part, and the amor patri<e of the other ? . . Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when...removed their only firm basis — a conviction in the Vninds of men that these liberties are the gift of God ; that they are not to be violated but with... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 508 pages
...small proportion indeed are ever seen to labor. 4. And can the liberties of a nation be thought sccura when we have removed their only firm basis, — a...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... | |
 | Edwin David Sanborn - New Hampshire - 1875 - 436 pages
...from the late President Jefferson : ' With the morals of the people, their industry also is destroyed. Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when...have removed their only firm basis — a conviction on the minds of the people that their liberties are the gift of God; that they are not to be violated... | |
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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? 
