| Daniel Gardner - 1844 - 336 頁
...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 country... | |
| Friedrich von Raumer - 1846 - 522 頁
...undepraved by such circumstances ; and with the morals of a people, their industry is also destroyed. 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 country,... | |
| Cassius Marcellus Clay - 1848 - 550 頁
...[half-past nine o'clock] adjourned. SLAVERY: THE EVIL-THE REMEDY. To THE EDITOR OF THE TRIBUNE : i " 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 ? • • • Indeed, I tremble for my country, when I reflect that God is just : that... | |
| 1848 - 494 頁
...knew well the evils of slavery, and the dangers connected with it, alluding to these, has said : — " Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that his justice cannot sleep for ever ; that considering numbers, nature, and natural means only, a revolution in the wheel of fortune,... | |
| 1848 - 448 頁
...knew well the evils of slavery, and the dangers connected with it, alluding to these, has said : — " Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that his justice cannot sleep for ever ; that considering numbers, nature, and natural means only, a revolution in the wheel of fortune,... | |
| Henry G. Wheeler - 1848 - 692 頁
...the people of the whole ?oua' Mr. Jefferson, speaking in the most emphatic language, says: " ' And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have rent* ri their only firm hasis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberty* are the... | |
| William Hosmer - 1852 - 226 頁
...: " 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...That they are not to be violated but with his wrath ? Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever;... | |
| Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1858 - 586 頁
...human bondage. In a letter to a distinguished Frenchman, he wrote the following memorable words : " Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure, when...removed their only firm basis — a conviction in the minda of the people that these liberties are the gift of God'.' that they are not to be violnted except... | |
| William Hosmer - 1852 - 206 頁
...which our government inflicts on the negro, was never more clearly expressed than by Mr. Jefferson: " 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 ? That... | |
| William Wells Brown - 1853 - 296 頁
...miserable condition on the endless generations proceeding from him. And can the liberties of a nation he thought secure when we have removed their only firm...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... | |
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