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 - Página 314por Francis E. Brewster - 1851 - 447 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1863 - 898 páginas
..." to possess another slave by purchase." In a letter written to Mr. Morris in that year he says: " There is not a man living who wishes more sincerely...slavery. 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... | |
| John James Geer - 1863 - 314 páginas
...my heart to hold the unhappy people, who are the subject of this letter, in slavery. I can only say, there is not a man living who wishes more sincerely...than I do to see a plan adopted for the abolition of it." Reader, you may, perhaps, complain or disapprove of my digressions from the subject of my own... | |
| 1897 - 678 páginas
...words in regard to his desires and intentions: To ROBT. MORRIS, April 12, 1786: 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 [slavery] ; but there is only one proper and effectual mode in which it can be accomplished, and... | |
| John James Geer - 1863 - 302 páginas
...unhappy people, who are the subject of this letter, in slavery. I can only say, there is not a rnan living who wishes more sincerely than I do to see a plan adopted for the abolition of it." Reader, you may, perhaps, complain or disapprove of my digressions from the subject of my own... | |
| Benjamin Franklin Morris - 1864 - 842 páginas
...offensive to God, and destructive to the safety, happiness, and prosperity of the people. Washington said, "There is, not a man living who wishes more...; but there is only one proper and effectual mode by which it can be accomplished, and that is by legislative authority ; and this, so far as my suffrages... | |
| William D. Jones - 1864 - 276 páginas
...must be the greater." — Memorial of Citizens of New Inverness, Georgia^ to Gen. Oglethorpe, 1739. " There is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do to see a flan adopted for the, abolition of it, (Slavery ;) but there is only one proper and effectual mode... | |
| Wisconsin - 1865 - 1026 páginas
...existence of it. John Wesley denounced it as "the sum of all villainies," Said Washington : "there is no man living who wishes more sincerely than I do, to see a plan adopted for the abolition of it." Madison thought it wrong to admit in the Constitution, the idea that there could be property in... | |
| Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1866 - 840 páginas
...name, and that has been ever carrying out his emancipation principles. In 1786 he wrote to Morris: "There is not a man living who wishes more sincerely...slavery. 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... | |
| Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1866 - 830 páginas
...has been ever carrying out his emancipation principles. In 1780 he wrote to Morris: "There is not » man living who wishes more sincerely than I do to...slavery. 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... | |
| Isaac N. Arnold - 1866 - 750 páginas
...inhabitants thereof." General Washington in a letter to Robert Morris written in 1786, speaking of slavery, said: "There is not a man living who wishes more sincerely...than I do, to see a plan adopted for the abolition of it." The great leading lawyer and patriot of Maryland, Luther Martin, advocated the abolition of slavery... | |
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