 | Henry Stephens Randall - 1868 - 758 pages
...belief, that the useless sacrifice of themselves by the generation of 1776, to acquire self-governmeut and happiness to their country, is to be thrown away...sons, and that my only consolation is to be, that I live not to weep over it. If they would but dispassionately weigh the blessings they will throw away,... | |
 | 1872 - 786 pages
...regret that I am now to die in the belief that the useless sacrifice of themselves by the generation of 1776, to acquire self-government and happiness...consolation is to be that I shall not live to weep over it. Such were his words, written more than half a century ago. His apprehensions, indeed, of Federal usurpation,... | |
 | John Caldwell Calhoun - 1874 - 604 pages
...sacrifice of themselves by the generation of 1776, to acquire self-government and happiness for themselves, is to be thrown away by the unwise and unworthy passions...of their sons, and that my only consolation is to bo, that I shall not live to weep over it." Can any one believe, after listening to this letter, that... | |
 | Benjamin Morgan Palmer - 1875 - 632 pages
...regret that I am now to die in the belief, that the useless sacrifice of themselves -by the generation of 1776, to acquire self-government and happiness...sons ; and that my only consolation is to be, that I live not to weep over it." How solemn are the words of prophecy, when read in the light of their fulfilment... | |
 | Benjamin Morgan Palmer - 1875 - 648 pages
...I am now to die in the belief, that the useless sacrifice of themselves by the generation of 1770, to acquire self-government and happiness to their...sons ; and that my only consolation is to be, that I live not to weep over it." How solemn are the words of prophecy, when read in the light of their fulfilment... | |
 | James Daniel Lynch - 1881 - 570 pages
...useless sacrifice of themselves, by the generation of 1776, to acquire self-government and happiness for their country, is to be thrown away by the unwise...sons, and that my only consolation is to be that I live not to weep over it. ' " But so far were the Northern people from being warned by these sad, prophetic... | |
 | John Caldwell Calhoun - 1883 - 748 pages
...belief that the useless sacrifice of themselves by the generation of 1770, to acquire self-governraent and happiness to their country, is to be thrown away...consolation is to be, that I shall not live to weep over it. If they would but dispassionately weigh the blessings they will throw away against an abstract principle,... | |
 | John Caldwell Calhoun - 1888 - 610 pages
...themselves by the generation of 1776, to acquire self-government and happiness for themselves, is to bo thrown away by the unwise and unworthy passions of...is to be, that I shall not live to weep over it." Can any one believe, after listening to this letter, that Jefferson is the author of the so-called... | |
 | John Witherspoon Du Bose - 1892 - 820 pages
...regret that I am now to die in the belief, that the useless sacrifice of themselves by the generation of 1776, to acquire self-government and happiness...sons, and that my only consolation is to be, that I live not to weep over it. If they would but dispassionately weigh the blessings they will throw away... | |
 | Henry Dickson Capers - 1893 - 636 pages
...regret that I am now to die in the belief that the useless sacrifice of themselves by the generation of 1776, to acquire self-government and happiness...is to be, that I shall not live to weep over it." We will now pass down to the period when a new element was brought into this unfortunate controversy.... | |
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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 self-government and happiness to their country, is to be thrown away by the unwise and unworthy passions of their sons, and that... 
