 | E. N. Elliott, David Christy, Albert Taylor Bledsoe, Thornton Stringfellow, Robert Goodloe Harper, James Henry Hammond, Samuel Adolphus Cartwright, Charles Hodge - 1860 - 934 pagina’s
...and more stubborn spirit, attached to 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 will bo all masters of slaves, who are not slaves themselves. In such a people the haughtiness of domination... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1860 - 644 pagina’s
...and more stuhhorn spirit, attached to liherty 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 will he all masters of slaves, who are not slaves themselves. In such a people the haughtiness of domination... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1862 - 460 pagina’s
...and more stubborn spirit, attached to liberty than those to the northward. Such were all the ancient commonwealths ; such were our Gothic ancestors ; such...freedom, fortifies it, and renders it invincible. Permit me, Sir, to add another circumstance in our colonies, which contributes no mean part towards... | |
 | James Williams - 1862 - 538 pagina’s
...all the ancient commonwealths. Such were our Gothic ancestors, and such in our day were the Poles. Such will be all masters of slaves who are not slaves...such a people the haughtiness of domination combines itself with the spirit of freedom, fortifies it, and renders it invincible.' The abolitionists of England,... | |
 | Henry May - 1863 - 76 pagina’s
...and more stubborn spirit, attached to liberty, than those to the northward. Such were all the ancient commonwealths; such were our Gothic ancestors; such...freedom, fortifies it, and renders it invincible." Sir, the people of. the North are prpfoundly ignorant equally of the nature and characteristics of... | |
 | Eduard Maco Hudson - 1868 - 240 pagina’s
...all the ancient commonwealths, such were our Gothic ancestors, and such in our day were the Poles. Such will be all masters of slaves who are not slaves...such a people the haughtiness of domination combines itself with the spirit of freedom, fortifies it, and renders it invincible.' When we reflect that the... | |
 | Reverdy Johnson - 1863 - 764 pagina’s
...Northward. Such were all the ancient Commonwealths ; such were our gotbic ancestors; such, in our days, are the Poles; and such will be all masters of slaves who are not slaves themselves." One or two hundred years of tropical life and slave institutions have not ameliorated this combination... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1865 - 592 pagina’s
...and more stubborn spirit, attached to liberty, than those to the northward. Such were all the ancient commonwealths ; such were our Gothic ancestors ; such...freedom, fortifies it, and renders it invincible. Permit me, Sir, to add another circumstance in our colonies, which contributes no mean part towards... | |
 | Hugh George Robinson - 1867 - 458 pagina’s
...to the northward. Such were all the ancient commonwealths; such were our Gothic ancestors; such iu our days were the Poles; and such will be all masters...freedom, fortifies it, and renders it invincible. Permit me, sir, to add another circumstance in our colonies, which contributes no mean part towards... | |
 | George Sewall Boutwell - 1867 - 636 pagina’s
...northward. Such were all the ancient commonwealths ; such were our Gothic ancestors; such in our day were the Poles; and such will be all masters of slaves...freedom, fortifies it, and renders it invincible." This description of slaveholders as a class is not strictly accurate; but we are dealing with men who... | |
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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... 
