 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; and...  Christian Examiner and Theological Review - Page 2351839Full 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...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... | |
 | 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...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... | |
 | 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...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... | |
 | 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...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... | |
 | 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...than I do, to see a plan adopted for the abolition of slavery ; but there is only one proper and effectual mode by which it can be accomplished, and that... | |
 | William Dunlap - American fiction - 1837 - 440 pages
...letter, in slavery. I can only say, that there is not a man living, who wishes more sincerely thart 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...than I do, to see a plan adopted for the abolition of slavery ; but there is only one proper and effectual mode by which it can be accomplished, and that... | |
 | 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...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... | |
 | United States - 1843 - 678 pages
...his own writings. In a letter to Robert Morris, dated April 12, 1786, lie says, " I can only say that there is not a man living, who wishes more sincerely...mode by which it can be accomplished, and that is by legislative authority; and this, as far as my suffrage will go, shall never be wanting." To Mr. John... | |
 | United States - 1843 - 708 pages
...his own writings. In a letter to Robert Morris, dated April 12, 1786, be says, " I can only say that there is not a man living, who wishes more sincerely...of it (slavery;) but there is only one proper and eflectual mode by which it can be accomplished, and that is by legislative authority; and this, as... | |
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