Would to God a like spirit miylit diffuse, itself generally into the minds of the. people of this country! But I despair of seeing it. Some petitions were presented to the Assembly, at its last session, for the abolition of Slavery ; but they could scarcely... Memoirs of a Water Drinker - Seite 45von William Dunlap - 1837Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| George Washington - 1835 - 568 Seiten
...Assembly, at its last session, for the abolition of slavery, but they could scarcely obtain a reading. To set the slaves afloat at once would, I really believe,...degrees it certainly might, and assuredly ought to be effected ; and that too by legislative authority. I give you the trouble of a letter to the Marquis... | |
| William Dunlap - 1836 - 232 Seiten
...demand the law of ' Doing to others ay we would have that they should do to us.' " — Johnson, "To set the slaves afloat at once, would, I really believe,...free as they, And what I think, that will I say."— Son/Ac;-. "After life's fitful fever they sleep well. Nor steel, nor poison, Malice domestic, foreign... | |
| William Dunlap - 1836 - 256 Seiten
...demand the law of : Doing to others an we would have that they sfiould do to us.' " — Johnson. "To set the slaves afloat at once, would, I really believe,...affected ; and that, too, by legislative authority." — WaskingUm. "I was born as free as they, And what I think, that will I say."— Swthetj. "After... | |
| Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1836 - 574 Seiten
...they could scarcely obtain a " reading. To set the slaves afloat at once would, " I really believe, be much inconvenience and " mischief, but by degrees it certainly might, and " assuredly ought to be, effected, and that too by " legislative authority." * Washington had attended the first Congress at... | |
| 1836 - 406 Seiten
...scarcely obtain a reading. To set the slaves afloat at once would, I really believe, he productive of mucn inconvenience and mischief, but by degrees it certainly might and assuredly ought to be effected; and that too by legislative authority." To John F. Mercer, September 9th, 1786. "I never... | |
| Frederick Freeman - 1837 - 364 Seiten
...assembly, at its last session, for the abolition of slavery, but they could scarcely obtain a reading. To set the slaves afloat at once would, I really believe,...degrees, it certainly might, and assuredly ought, to be effected ; and that too by legislative authority." Again, in a letter to John F. Mercer, September... | |
| George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1835 - 580 Seiten
...Assembly, at its last session, for the abolition of slavery, but they could scarcely obtain a reading. To set the slaves afloat at once would, I really believe,...degrees it certainly might, and assuredly ought to be effected ; and that too by legislative authority. I give you the trouble of a letter to the Marquis... | |
| Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier marquis de Lafayette - 1837 - 502 Seiten
...its last session, for the abolition of slavery, but they could scarcely obtain a reading. To set them afloat at once, would, I really believe, be productive...inconvenience and mischief, but by degrees it certainly might, assuredly ought to be, effected, and that too by legislative authority. I give you the trouble of a... | |
| George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1839 - 576 Seiten
...Assembly, at its last session, for the abolition of slavery, but they could scarcely obtain a reading. To set the slaves afloat at once would, I really believe,...degrees it certainly might, and assuredly ought to be effected ; and that too by legislative authority. I give you the trouble of a letter to the Marquis... | |
| Ebenezer Mack - 1841 - 396 Seiten
...Assembly, at its last session, for the abolition of slavery, but they could scarcely obtain a reading. To set the slaves afloat at once would, I really believe,...and mischief; but by degrees it certainly might, and as. suredly ought to be effected; and that too by legislative authority." Sach were, substantially,... | |
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