 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
 | William Drayton - Abolitionists - 1836 - 324 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 such will be all masters of slaves ivho are not slaves themselves. In such a people the haughtiness of domination combines with the spirit... | |
 | George Croly - 1840 - 612 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...freedom, fortifies it, and renders it invincible." His observation on the general taste for legal studies which predominated in America is expressive.... | |
 | George Croly - Politicians - 1840 - 334 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...freedom, fortifies it, and renders it invincible." His observation on the general taste for legal studies which predominated in America is expressive.... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1846 - 570 pages
...strongly, and with an higher and more stubborn spirit, attached to liberty, than those to the Northward." '-In such a people, the haughtiness of domination...freedom, fortifies it, and renders it invincible." Mr. Calhoun says : "The white, or European race, has not degenerated. It has kept pace with its brethren... | |
 | Daniel Owen Madden - 1846 - 40 pages
...themselves on the ruins of the * " In a people, who are masters of slaves, but not slaves themselves, the haughtiness of domination combines with the spirit...freedom, fortifies it, and renders it invincible." (BURKE, on Conciliation with the Colonies.) HTT AND FOX. 65 admit, must be my wish as an Englishman... | |
 | Industries - 1851 - 748 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...themselves. In such a people, the haughtiness of domination com bines with the spirit of freedom, fortifies it, and renders it invincible." " There is no way open,"... | |
 | Robert Young Hayne - Foot's resolution, 1829 - 1852 - 90 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 —...the spirit of freedom, fortifies it, and renders it invinciUe." In the course of my former remarks, Mr. President, I took occasion to deprecate, as one... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - Great Britain - 1852 - 978 pages
...all the ancient commonwealths ; such were our Gothic ancestors: such, in our days, were the Poles;'6 and such will be all masters of slaves, who are not...freedom, fortifies it, and renders it invincible. (5.) Permit me, sir, to add another circumstance in our colonies, which contributes no mean part toward... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - Great Britain - 1852 - 976 pages
...all the ancient commonwealths ; such were our Gothic ancestors; such, in our days, were the Poles;15 and such will be all masters of slaves, who are not...freedom, fortifies it, and renders it invincible. (5.) Permit me, sir, to add another circumstance in our colonies, which contributes JUucaboB. , , no... | |
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