 | 1903 - 606 pages
...dispersal. Material ties are no guarantee, as Burke long ago pointed out, for union and loyalty. ' My hold of the colonies is in the close affection...though light as air are as strong as links of ' iron.' Even if our commerce were endangered by freedom, which is far from being the case, we should remember... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1808 - 518 pages
...you essentially. For that service, for all service, whether of revenue, trade, or empire, my trust is in her interest in the British constitution. My hold...equal protection. These are ties, which, though light a& air, are as strong as links of iron. Let the colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights... | |
 | Thomas Erskine (1st baron.) - 1810 - 522 pages
...that ser" vice, for all service," said Mr. Burke, " whether "of revenue, trade, or empire, my trust is in her " interest in the British constitution. My..." idea of their civil rights associated with your go" vernments, they will cling and grapple to you, and " no force under heaven will be of power to... | |
 | Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine - Freedom of the press - 1810 - 516 pages
...ser" vice, for all service," said Mr. Burke, " whether " of revenue, trade, or empire, my trust is in her " interest in the British constitution. My...the colonies is in the close affection which grows *t from common names, from kindred blood, from " similar privileges, and equal protection. These **... | |
 | Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine - Freedom of the press - 1813 - 522 pages
...ser** vice, for all service," said Mr. Burke, " whether "of revenue, trade, or empire, my trust is in her "interest in the British constitution. My hold..." idea of their civil rights associated with your go" vernment, they will cling and grapple to you, and " no force under heaven will be of power to tear... | |
 | Joshua P. Slack - Elocution - 1815 - 340 pages
...whether of revenue, trade, or empire, my trust is in her interest in the British Constitution. My hold in the colonies is in the close affection which grows...protection. These are ties, which, though light as air, are strong as links of iron. Let the colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights associated with... | |
 | Charles Phillips - English orations - 1819 - 484 pages
...constitution. My hold of the colonies is m the close aifection which grows from common names, from kmdred blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection....air, are as strong as links of iron. Let the colonies ul\\;i)s keep the idea of their civil rights associated with your government ; — they will clmg and... | |
 | Hezekiah Niles - United States - 1822 - 526 pages
...or empire, my trust is in her interest in the British constitution. My hold of the colonies is ¡n the close affection which grows from common names,...equal protection. These are ties which, though light a« air, are as strong as links of iron. Let the colonies always keep tt.e idea of their civil rights... | |
 | 1863 - 538 pages
...find ready credence, it cannot be in that House of Commons, where Burke uttered those golden words: " My hold of the Colonies is in the close affection...blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection." It cannot be in that House of Peers, where Chatham, conscious that the Colonies were fighting the battle... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1834 - 648 pages
...empire, my trust is in her interest in the British constitution. My hold of the colonies is in the dose people. Whenever parliament is persuaded to assume...the corrective and oontnul of the acting powers of associât Ы with your government ; — they will cling and grapple to you ; and no force under heaven... | |
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My hold of the colonies is in the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection. These are ties which, though light as air, are as strong as links of iron. Let the colonies always keep... 
