I can only say, that there is not a man living, who wishes more sincerely than I do to see a plan adopted for the abolition of it ; but there is only one proper and effectual mode by which it can be accomplished, and that is by legislative authority ;... The Philosophy of Human Nature - Page 314by Francis E. Brewster - 1851 - 447 pagesFull view - About this book
| George Washington - United States - 1835 - 568 pages
...wish to hold the unhappy people, who are the subject of this letter, in slavery. I can only say, that there is not a man living, who wishes more sincerely...than I do to see a plan adopted for the abolition of it; but there is only one proper and effectual mode by which it can be accomplished, and that is by... | |
| William Dunlap - Literary Criticism - 1836 - 256 pages
...wish to hold the unhappy people, who are the subject of this letter, in slavery. I can only say, that there is not a man living, who wishes more sincerely...than I do, to see a plan adopted for the abolition of it; but there is only one proper and effectual mode by which it can be accomplished ; and that is,... | |
| Frederick Freeman - African Americans - 1837 - 364 pages
...otherwise unavoidable." ' GEN. WASHINGTON, in a letter to Robert Morris, dated April 12, 1786, says " There is not a man living, who wishes more sincerely...; but there is only one proper and effectual mode by which it can be accomplished, and that is by legislative authority ; and this, as far as my suffrage... | |
| William Dunlap - American fiction - 1837 - 512 pages
...wish to hold the unhappy people, who are the subject of this letter, in slavery. I can only say, that there is not a man living, who wishes more sincerely...than I do, to see a plan adopted for the abolition of it; but there is only one proper and effectual mode by which it can be accomplished ; and that is,... | |
| George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1835 - 580 pages
...wish to hold the unhappy people, who are the subject of this letter, in slavery. I can only say, that there is not a man living, who wishes more sincerely...than I do to see a plan adopted for the abolition of it ; but there is only one proper and effectual mode by which it can be accomplished, and that is by... | |
| Theodore Dwight Weld - Enslaved persons - 1838 - 66 pages
...have conceded this power. Washington, in a letter to Robert Morris, dated April 12, 1786, says : " There is not a man living, who wishes more sincerely...; but there is only one proper and effectual mode by which it can be accomplished, and that is by legislative authority." In a letter to Lafayette, dated... | |
| George Washington, Jared Sparks - United States - 1839 - 576 pages
...wish to hold the unhappy people, who are the subject of this letter, in slavery. I can only say, that there is not a man living, who wishes more sincerely...than I do to see a plan adopted for the abolition of it ; but there is only one proper and effectual mode by which it can be accomplished, and that is by... | |
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