 | William Frederick Poole - 1873 - 120 страници
...these into enemies — destroys the morals of the one part, and the amor patri<e of the other ? . . Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we...their only firm basis — a conviction in the minds of men that these liberties are the gift of God; that they are not to be violated but with His wrath?... | |
 | William Frederick Poole - 1873 - 110 страници
...these into enemies — destroys the morals of the one part, and the amor patri<e of the other ? . . Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we...removed their only firm basis — a conviction in the Vninds of men that these liberties are the gift of God ; that they are not to be violated but with... | |
 | Edwin David Sanborn - 1875 - 436 страници
...the late President Jefferson : ' With the morals of the people, their industry also is destroyed. Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we...have removed their only firm basis — a conviction on the minds of the people that their liberties are the gift of God; that they are not to be violated... | |
 | Edwin David Sanborn - 1875 - 436 страници
...the late President Jefferson: ' With the morals of the people, their industry also is destroyed. Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis—a conviction on the minds of the people that their liberties are the gift of God; that they... | |
 | Massachusetts Historical Society - 1863 - 548 страници
...that, of the proprietors of slaves, a very small proportion indeed are ever seen to labor. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we...in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God ? — that they are not to be violated but with his wrath ? Indeed I tremble for... | |
 | Edward Isidore Sears, David Allyn Gorton, Charles H. Woodman - 1880 - 1104 страници
...speech reported in Afw York Herald, February 1 9, iSSo. nation be thought secure," writes Mr. Jefferson, "when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction...that they are not to be violated but with his wrath t Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that (rod is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever;... | |
 | 1880 - 446 страници
...to which Jefferson, filled with a love of liberty, exclaimed: "Can the liberties of a nation be ever thought " secure when we have removed their only firm...basis, a conviction in the "minds of the people that their liberties are THE GIFT OP GOD ; that they are " not to be violated but with His wrath ? Indeed,... | |
 | Frank Abial Flower - 1884 - 662 страници
...which Jefferson, filled with the love of liberty, exclaimed — "Can the liberties of a nation be ever thought secure when we have removed their only firm...basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that their liberties are the gift of God? that they are not to be violated but with his wrath? Indeed, I... | |
 | Franklin Benjamin Sanborn - 1885 - 684 страници
...a very small proportion indeed are ever seen to labor. And can the liberties of a nation be deemed secure when we have removed their only firm basis,...that these liberties are the gift of God, that they arc not to be violated without his wrath f Indeed, I tremble for my country [Virginia] when I reflect... | |
 | William Henry Perrin, J. H. Battle, G. C. Kniffin - 1888 - 1108 страници
...Others based their opposition on moral grounds, and questioned whether "the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed their only firm basis,...in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of jGod." (Jefferson, 1781.) On the other hand an honest few. believed slavery one of the... | |
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And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God? 
