The gentleman tells us, America is obstinate; America is almost in open rebellion. I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people so dead to all feelings of liberty, as voluntarily to submit to be slaves, would have been fit instruments... Memorials and Correspondence - Seite 106von Charles James Fox, Earl John Russell Russell - 1853 - 480 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| James Baldwin - 1919 - 250 Seiten
...rebellion. Sir, I rejoice that America has resisted! If ever this nation should have a tyrant for a king, three millions of people so dead to all the feelings of liberty as voluntarily to become slaves would be fit instruments to make slaves of the rest.2 1 Extract from a speech in the... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1919 - 336 Seiten
...colonists," he said, "would have been slaves if they had not enjoyed the right of granting their own money. I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people, so dead to all feelings of liberty as voluntarily to submit to be slaves, would have been fit instruments to make... | |
| Robert Porter St. John, Raymond Lenox Noonan - 1920 - 296 Seiten
...dignity. His passion for liberty made him the friend of the American people. " I rejoice," he said, " that America has resisted. Three millions of people...dead to all the feelings of liberty as voluntarily to let themselves be made slaves would have been fit instruments to make slaves of all the rest. If I... | |
| American School Citizenship League - 1921 - 196 Seiten
...Would Pitt be glad that the Americans refused to pay a tax that they had no share in levying? He said: "The gentleman tells us America is obstinate; America...open rebellion. I rejoice that America has resisted." What did Lord Camden think of the sending of British troops to America to compel the colonies to pay... | |
| Robert Porter St. John, Raymond Lenox Noonan - 1922 - 360 Seiten
...dignity. His passion for liberty made him the friend of the American people. " I rejoice," he said, " that America has resisted. Three millions of people...dead to all the feelings of liberty as voluntarily to let themselves be made slaves would have been fit instruments to make slaves of all the rest. If I... | |
| United States. Adjutant-General's Office - 1922 - 156 Seiten
...giving and granting their own money. They would have been slaves if they had not enjoyed it. * * * The gentleman tells us America is obstinate; America...open rebellion. I rejoice that America has resisted. (Extract from speech of William Pitt. Earl of Chatham, in the House of Parliament.) QUESTIONS ON READINGS:... | |
| Wilbur Fisk Gordy - 1922 - 696 Seiten
...my opinion this kingdom has no right to lay a tax on the colonies. . . . The gentleman tells us that America is obstinate ; America is almost in open rebellion. I rejoice that America has resisted." At these words the members started up as if they had received a blow. The speaker repeated: "I rejoice... | |
| John Simpson Penman - 1923 - 754 Seiten
...discourage me. It is a liberty I mean to exercise." And then with rising fire, he went on to say, " 'The gentleman tells us America is obstinate; America...open rebellion. I rejoice that America has resisted.' At the word, the whole house started as though their hands had been joined, and an electric spark had... | |
| Thomas Walter Bickett, North Carolina. Governor (1917-1921 : Bickett) - 1923 - 418 Seiten
...great commoner, sensed the real issue, and rising from his seat in Parliament, passionately exclaimed: "I rejoice that America has resisted! Three millions of people so dead to all feelings of liberty as to voluntarily submit to be slaves would be fit instruments to make slaves of... | |
| Dominic Barthel - 1927 - 790 Seiten
...the liberty of speech in this House imputed as a crime; but the imputation shall not discourage me. The gentleman tells us, America is obstinate; America...dead to all the feelings of liberty as voluntarily to let themselves be made slaves would have been fit instruments to make slaves of all the rest. I come... | |
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