Despotism in America: Or, An Inquiry Into the Nature and Results of the Slave-holding System in the United States |
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... power which the clergy exercised was very great . It was however for the most part a moral power , a power not over the bodies , but over the minds of men , and of course , it was least felt by those who yielded 10 DESPOTISM.
... power which the clergy exercised was very great . It was however for the most part a moral power , a power not over the bodies , but over the minds of men , and of course , it was least felt by those who yielded 10 DESPOTISM.
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... mind , is a part of the constitution of human nature too essential ever to be wanting . Hence it is that we find kings and emperors among the champions of lib- erty and equal rights , by which they understand , the liberty of governing ...
... mind , is a part of the constitution of human nature too essential ever to be wanting . Hence it is that we find kings and emperors among the champions of lib- erty and equal rights , by which they understand , the liberty of governing ...
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... minds the most lofty , unclouded and serene . But fragments of it , sparks from this celestial flame , sometimes but dim , the smallest atom almost , and that too buried , and quite smothered amid the ashes of selfish passions , -yet ...
... minds the most lofty , unclouded and serene . But fragments of it , sparks from this celestial flame , sometimes but dim , the smallest atom almost , and that too buried , and quite smothered amid the ashes of selfish passions , -yet ...
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... mind and heart , which civilization produces . If the members of the oligarchical party in these states , could have agreed among themselves , they might long have maintained their influence and authority . But presently they quarrelled ...
... mind and heart , which civilization produces . If the members of the oligarchical party in these states , could have agreed among themselves , they might long have maintained their influence and authority . But presently they quarrelled ...
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... minds , gives rise to a dan- gerous exaltation of soul which makes the subjects of it obstinate and unmanageable . Religion once awakened in such savage and untaught bosoms , is apt to degenerate into a superstitious fanaticism . The ...
... minds , gives rise to a dan- gerous exaltation of soul which makes the subjects of it obstinate and unmanageable . Religion once awakened in such savage and untaught bosoms , is apt to degenerate into a superstitious fanaticism . The ...
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Page 159 - Happy the man - and happy he alone He who can call today his own, He who, secure within, can say 'Tomorrow, do thy worst, for I have lived today: Be fair or foul or rain or shine, The joys I have possessed in spite of Fate are mine: Not Heaven itself upon the Past has power, But what has been has been, and I have had my hour.
Page 168 - Through tatter'd clothes small vices do appear ; Robes, and furr'd gowns, hide all. Plate sin with gold, And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks : Arm it in rags, a pigmy's straw doth pierce it.
Page 16 - The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other.
Page 3 - ... patriotism which the gentleman had resolved, out of his abundant generosity, gratuitously to bestow upon us? Mr. President, the impression which has gone abroad of the weakness of the South as connected with the slave question exposes us to such constant attacks, has done us so much injury, and is calculated to produce such infinite mischiefs...
Page 159 - Happy the man, and happy he alone, He, who can call to-day his own : He who, secure within, can say, To-morrow do thy worst, for I have lived today. Be fair or foul, or rain or shine, The joys I have possessed, in spite of fate, are mine. Not Heaven itself upon the past has power ; But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour.
Page 3 - ... national character — on the prosperity and greatness, either of the United States or of particular states. Sir, when arraigned before the bar of public opinion, on this charge of slavery, we can stand up with conscious rectitude, plead not guilty, and put ourselves upon God and our country.
Page 9 - On the other side, Satan, alarmed, Collecting all his might, dilated stood, Like Teneriff or Atlas, unremoved : His stature reached the sky, and on his crest Sat Horror plumed ; nor wanted in his grasp What seemed both spear and shield.
Page 62 - There are some people whose sympathies have been excited upon the subject of slavery, who if they can only be satisfied that the slaves have enough to eat, think it is all very well, and that nothing more is to be said, or done. If slaves were merely animals, whose only or chief enjoyment consisted in the gratification of their bodily appetites, there would be some show of sense in this conclusion. But in...
Page 62 - ... that the slaves have enough to eat, think it is all very well, and that nothing more is to be said or done. If slaves were merely animals, whose only or chief enjoyment consisted in the gratification of their bodily appetites, there would be some show of sense in this conclusion. But, in fact, however crushed and brutified, they are still men ; men whose bosoms beat with the same passions as our own ; whose hearts swell with the same aspirations, — the same ardent desire to improve their condition...
Page 37 - Consider too that this infliction is not limited to a single neighborhood, as in the case of an invading army, but is scattered and diffused over the whole extent of the country ; nor is it temporary as in the other case, but constant and perpetual.