| David Hume - 1859 - 242 pages
...northward. It is that in Virginia, and the Carolinas they have a vast multitnde of slaves ! Where this is the case, in any part of the world, those who are free, are by far the most prond and jealous of their freedom. Not seeing there that freedom, as in countries where it is a common... | |
| E. N. Elliott - Fugitive slave law of 1850 - 1860 - 1310 pages
...Northward. It is that in Virginia and the Carolines, they have a vast multitude of slaves. Where this is the case, in any part of the world, those who are...them not only an enjoyment, but a kind of rank and privileged Not seeing there that freedom, as in countries where it is a common blessing, and as broad... | |
| Edmund Burke - English literature - 1860 - 644 pages
...of slaves. Where this is tho case in any part of the world, those who are free, arc hy far the must sufferings. They look to the seat of power, and to the persons who fill it ; hut a kind of rank and privilege. Not seeing there, that freedom, as in countries where it is a common... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1862 - 460 pages
.../the Carolinas, they have avast multitudeof'slavesl Where this~Ts the case in auy pai'l of IhtTworld, those who are free, are by far the most proud and...an enjoyment, but a kind of rank and privilege. Not feeling there, that freedom, as in countries where it is a common blessing, and as broad and general... | |
| Eduard Maco Hudson - Slavery - 1868 - 240 pages
...upon the Southern people in regard to their love of liberty, remarked — ' Where this is the case, those who are free are by far the most proud and jealous of their freedom. I cannot alter the nature of man. The fact is so; and these people of the Southern colonies are much... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1865 - 592 pages
...northward. It is, that in Virginia and the Carolinas they have a vast multitude of slaves. Where this is the case in any part of the world, those who are...blessing, and as broad and general as the air, may bo united with much abject toil, with great misery, with all the exterior of servitude, liberty looks,... | |
| George Sewall Boutwell - History - 1867 - 636 pages
...northward. It is that, in Virginia and the Carolinas, they have a vast multitude of slaves. When this is the case in any part of the world, those who are...enjoyment, but a kind of rank and privilege. Not seeing, then, that freedom, as in countries where it is a common blessing and as broad and general as the air,... | |
| Alexander Hamilton Stephens - History - 1868 - 702 pages
...speech on conciliation with America, he uses the following strong language: "Where this is the case those who are free are by far the most proud and jealous of their freedom. I cannot alter the nature of man. The fact is so, and these people of the southern colonies arc much... | |
| United States - 1863 - 302 pages
...Northward. It is that, in Virginia and the Carolinas, they have vast multitudes of slaves. Where this is the case in any part of the world, those who are...only an enjoyment, but a kind of rank and privilege. I do not mean to commend the superior morality of this sentiment, which has, at least, as much pride... | |
| Joseph Story - Constitutional history - 1873 - 780 pages
...northward. It is that in Virginia and the Carolinas they have a vast multitude of slaves. Where this is the case in any part of the world, those who are free arc by far the most proud and jealous of their freedom. Freedom is to them not only an enjoyment, but... | |
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