 And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God ? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath ? Indeed I tremble...  The Universalist Quarterly and General Review - Page 68edited by - 1856Full view - About this book
 | William Thomas - Abolitionists - 1835 - 200 pages
...people, that these liberties are the gift of God? that they are not to be violated, but with his wrath ; indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep for ever ; that considering numbers, nature, and natural means only, a revolution of the wheel of fortune,... | |
 | James Grahame - United States - 1836 - 486 pages
...population of this province, " when 1 reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep for ever ; that considering numbers, nature, and natural means...revolution of the wheel of fortune, an exchange of situation, is among possible events; that it may become probable by supernatural interference! The... | |
 | James Grahame - United States - 1836 - 488 pages
...tremble for my country," says Jefferson, in his observations on the slave population of this province, " when I reflect that God is just ; that his justice cannot sleep for ever ; that considering numbers, nature, and natural means only, a revolution of the wheel of fortune,... | |
 | Julius Rubens Ames - Antislavery movements - 1837 - 244 pages
...gift ot GodqTThat they are not to be violated but with his x wrath ? Indeed, fyemble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep lor ever ; that considering numbers, nature and natural means only, a revolution of the wheel of fortune,... | |
 | Pennsylvania Hall Association (Philadelphia, Pa.), Samuel Webb - Slavery - 1838 - 222 pages
...declared all his slaves free ? Was Jefferson a fanatic when he exclaimed, "I tremble- for my country when I reflect that God is just ; that his justice cannot sleep for ever ; that considering numbers, nature, and natural means only, a revolution of the wheel of fortune,... | |
 | Alexander Trotter - Business & Economics - 1839 - 478 pages
...people that these liberties are the gift of God ? that they are not to be violated but with his wrath ? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just ; that his justice cannot sleep for ever ; that considering numbers, nature and natural means only, a revolution of the wheel of fortune,... | |
 | Thomas Branagan, Julius Rubens Ames - Charity organization - 1839 - 404 pages
...and say, well may their great patriot and statesman, Jefferson, exclaim, " I tremble for my country, when I reflect that God is just ; that his justice cannot sleep forever ;" for, surely, indeed, " we cannot form to ourselves an idea of an object more ridiculously mean than... | |
 | New England Yearly Meeting of Friends. Representative Meeting - Slave trade - 1841 - 150 pages
...people that these liberties are the gift of God ? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath ? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that...revolution of the wheel of fortune, an exchange of situation, is among possible events ; ' that it may become probable by supernatural interference. The... | |
 | George Combe - Phrenology - 1841 - 420 pages
...people, that these liberties are the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath? Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep for ever; that considering numbers, nature, and natural means only, a revolution of the wheel of fortune,... | |
 | Slavery - 1843 - 404 pages
...people that thescliberties are of the gift of God? That they are not to be violated bur with his wrath? Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just ; that his justice cannot sleep for ever ; that considering numbers, nature, and natural means only, a revolution of the wheel of fortune,... | |
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