 The fact is so; and these people of the southern colonies are much more strongly, and with a higher and more stubborn spirit, attached to liberty than those to the northward. Such were all the ancient commonwealths; such were our Gothic ancestors; such,...  The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke - Page 36by Edmund Burke - 1807Full view - About this book
 | 1863 - 302 pages
...Northward. Such were all the ancient commonwealths; such were our Gothic ancestors; such, in our Says, were the Poles; and such will be all masters of slaves...slaves themselves. In such a people, the haughtiness of dominion combines with the spirit of freedom, fortifies it, and renders it invincible/' It, Sir, will,... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1873 - 780 pages
...liberty, than those to the northward. Such were all the ancient commonwealths ; such were our Gothic ancestors; such in our days were the Poles; and such...combines with the spirit of freedom, fortifies it, and reiiJirs it invincible. "Permit me, Sir, to add another circumstance in our colonies, which contributes... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1875 - 968 pages
...all the ancient commonwealths; such were our Gothic ancestors; such, in our days, were the Poles;15 the world and with the mode of existence decreed to a per manent body composed (5.) Permit me, sir, to add another circumstance in our colonies, which contributes fclui-uioo. , ,... | |
 | Charles Ingersoll - 1875 - 310 pages
...all the ancient commonwealths; such " were our Gothic ancestors; such in our days were " the Poles ; such will be all masters of slaves who " are not slaves...freedom, fortifies it, and renders it invincible." The mind must be diseased, or greatly deceived, to make a general defence of slavery ; but to us it... | |
 | Charles Ingersoll - 1875 - 298 pages
...all the ancient commonwealths ; such " were our Gothic ancestors; such in our days were " the Poles ; such will be all masters of slaves who " are not slaves...a people the " haughtiness of domination combines wnth the spirit " of freedom, fortifies it, and renders it invincible." The rnind must be diseased,... | |
 | Richard Salter Storrs - 1875 - 82 pages
...part of the world, those who ace free, are by far the most proud and jealous of their freedom. . * . The haughtiness of domination combines with the spirit...freedom, fortifies it, and renders it invincible." The education of the colonies, particularly the extent to which the study of the law was cultivated... | |
 | Hezekiah Niles - 1876 - 536 pages
...liberty than those of the northward. Such were all the ancient commonwealths ; such were our Gothic ancestors ; such in our days were the Poles ; and...freedom, fortifies it, and renders it invincible. To impoverish the colonies in general, and in particular to arrest the noble course of their marine... | |
 | Joseph Hodgson - 1876 - 566 pages
...our days were the Poles ; and such " will be all masters of slaves, who are not slaves them" selves. In such a people the haughtiness of domination " combines...freedom, fortifies it, and " renders it invincible." Throughout the cotton belt, where, at the blast of a horn, the master could be surrounded by a regiment... | |
 | Joseph Hodgson - 1876 - 540 pages
...our days were the Poles ; and such " will be all masters of slaves, who are not slaves them" selves. In such a people the haughtiness of domination " combines with the spirit of freedom, fortifies it, arid " renders it invincible." Throughout the cotton belt, where, at the blast of a horn, the master... | |
 | Robert Cochrane - 1877 - 560 pages
...liberty than those to the northward. Such were all the ancient commonwealths ; such were our Gothic ancestors ; such, in our days, were the Poles ; and...freedom, fortifies it, and renders it invincible. 5. Permit me, sir, to add another circumstance in our colonies, which contributes no mean part toward... | |
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