The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 12Issued under the auspices of the Thomas Jefferson memorial association of the United States, 1903 - United States |
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... wishes of her most distinguished men . As far back as 1770 , Virginia had protested against the introduction of African slaves , but the protest was silenced by the royal edict , and the traffic went on . In 1776 Jefferson framed with ...
... wishes of her most distinguished men . As far back as 1770 , Virginia had protested against the introduction of African slaves , but the protest was silenced by the royal edict , and the traffic went on . In 1776 Jefferson framed with ...
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... wishes to make it an engine of self - elevation , may do wonders with it ; but to one who wishes to use it conscientiously for the public good , without regard to the ties of blood or friend- ship , it creates enmities without numbers ...
... wishes to make it an engine of self - elevation , may do wonders with it ; but to one who wishes to use it conscientiously for the public good , without regard to the ties of blood or friend- ship , it creates enmities without numbers ...
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... , as the most sacred of truths , that I never , one instant , lost sight of your reputation and favor- able standing with your country , and never omitted to justify your failure to attain our wish , as 6 Jefferson's Works.
... , as the most sacred of truths , that I never , one instant , lost sight of your reputation and favor- able standing with your country , and never omitted to justify your failure to attain our wish , as 6 Jefferson's Works.
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... wish , as one which was probably unattainable . Reviewing there- fore , this whole subject , I cannot doubt you will become sensible , that your impressions have been without just ground . I cannot , indeed , judge what falsehoods may ...
... wish , as one which was probably unattainable . Reviewing there- fore , this whole subject , I cannot doubt you will become sensible , that your impressions have been without just ground . I cannot , indeed , judge what falsehoods may ...
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... wish to be in their place ) those who are still buffeting the storm , uncertain of their fate . Your voyage has so far been favorable , and that it may continue with entire prosperity , is the sincere prayer of that friendship which I ...
... wish to be in their place ) those who are still buffeting the storm , uncertain of their fate . Your voyage has so far been favorable , and that it may continue with entire prosperity , is the sincere prayer of that friendship which I ...
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Page iii - He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating its most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating and carrying them into slavery in another hemisphere, or to incur miserable death in their transportation thither. This piratical warfare, the opprobrium of INFIDEL powers, is the warfare of the CHRISTIAN king of Great Britain. Determined to keep open a market where MEN should be bought and sold, he has prostituted his negative...
Page iii - And that this assemblage of horrors might want no fact of distinguished die, he is now exciting those very people to rise in arms among us, and to purchase that liberty of which he has deprived them, by murdering the people...
Page xxvii - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none; the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against antirepublican tendencies; the preservation of the General Government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...
Page xxviii - ... a well-disciplined militia, our best reliance in peace and for the first moments of war, till regulars may relieve them ; the supremacy of the civil over the military authority ; economy in the public expense, that labor may be lightly burdened ; the honest payment of our debts and sacred preservation of the public faith...
Page 256 - Never did a prisoner, released from his chains, feel such relief as I shall on shaking off the shackles of power. Nature intended me for the tranquil pursuits of science, by rendering them my supreme delight.
Page iv - That after the year 1800 of the Christian era, there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in any of the said States, otherwise than in punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted to have been personally guilty.
Page xxix - We have lived long, but this is the noblest work of our whole lives. The treaty which we have just signed has not been obtained by art or dictated by force; equally advantageous to the two contracting parties, it will change vast solitudes into flourishing districts. From this day the United States take their place among the powers of the first rank; the English lose all exclusive influence in the affairs of America.
Page 266 - Behold, here I am ; witness against me before the Lord, and before his anointed ; whose ox have I taken ? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded ? whom have I oppressed ? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith ? and I will restore it you. And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken aught of any man's hand.
Page xxvii - Government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad; a jealous care of the right of election by the people — a mild and safe corrective of abuses which are lopped by the sword of revolution where peaceable remedies are unprovided...