 | B. L. Rayner - 1832 - 568 pages
...generation of 1776, to acquire self-goverument and happiness to their country, is to be thrown away by the unwise and unworthy passions of their sons, and that my only consolation is to be, that 1 live not to weep over it. If they would but dispassionately weigh the blessings they will throw away,... | |
 | Peter Freeland Aiken - 1842 - 212 pages
...generation of 1776, to acquire self-government and happiness to their country, is to be thrown away by the unwise and unworthy passions of their sons;...consolation is to be, that I live not to weep over it."— JEFFERSON'S Memoirs, Vol. IV. pp. 331, 333. It was, indeed, an experiment, for history does not afford... | |
 | 1848 - 738 pages
...country, is to be thrown away by the unwise and unworthy passions of their son:', and that my (inly consolation is to be that I live not to weep over...than by scission, they would pause before they would perpétrale this act of suicide on themselves, and of treason against the hopes of the world. To yourself,... | |
 | 1848 - 594 pages
...and unworthy pasiions of their sons, und that my ouly consolation is to be, thot I live not to be. If they would but dispassionately weigh the blessings...an abstract principle more likely to be effected by the union than by scission, they would panse before they perpetrated this act of snicide on themselves,... | |
 | 1848 - 624 pages
...1847, is from the estimate of Edmund Burke, Esq., Commissioner ef Patent». try, is to be thrown away by the unwise and unworthy passions of their sons,...that my only consolation is to be, that I live not to be. If they would but dispassionately weigh the blessings they will throw away against an abstract... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1854 - 676 pages
...generation of 1776, to acquire selfgovernment and happiness to their country, is to be thrown away by the unwise and unworthy passions of their sons,...dispassionately weigh the blessings they will throw away, ngainst an abstract principle more likely to be effected by union than by scission, they would pause... | |
 | John Caldwell Calhoun - 1854 - 762 pages
...generation of 1776, to acquire self-government and happiness to their country, is to be thrown away by the unwise and unworthy passions of their sons, and that my only consolation is to be, that I shall not live to weep over it. If they would but dispassionately weigh the blessings they will throw... | |
 | Michael W. Cluskey - 1857 - 672 pages
...happiness for themselves, is to be thrown away by the unwise and unworthy passions nl their sons, aud d your paternal gods. Correct your own error — that slavery has a " Can any one believe, after listening to this letter, tha Jefferson is the author of the socalled... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - 1858 - 758 pages
...generation of 1776, to acquire self-government and happiness to their country, is to be thrown away by the unwise and unworthy passions of their sons,...dispassionately weigh the blessings they will throw anay, against an abstract principle more likely to be effected by union than by scission, they would... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - 1858 - 916 pages
...and happiness to their - to lie thrown away by the unwise and unworthy passions of their sons, ray only consolation is to be, that I live not to weep over it. If they dispassionately weigh the blessings they will throw away, against an rliiciple more likely to be effected... | |
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I regret that I am now to die in the belief, that the useless sacrifice of themselves by the generation of 1776, to acquire selfgovernment and happiness to their country, is to be thrown away by the unwise and unworthy passions of their sons, and that... 
