 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
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1859 - 812 pages
...minds of the people of this country ! But I despair of seeing it. 1 I,:i f» vrttr. * Lafayette. a* There is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I dc to see a plan adopted for the abolition of it. But there is only out proper and effectual moth by... | |
 | Edward Everett - 1860 - 392 pages
...possess another slave by purchase ; " and in a letter to Mr. Morris, written 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 Stevens Cabot Abbott - Cuba - 1860 - 374 pages
...Incendiary, and an enemy to the South, when he wrote to Eobert 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.) Or when he wrote to Lafayette, April 5, 1788: " The scheme, my dear Marquis, which... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - Cuba - 1860 - 364 pages
...transmitted to us our watchwords. Speaking of this evil of slavery, Washington says : " I can only say that there is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do to see the abolition of it."* How earnest and emphatic the expression, " there is not a man living." Mark... | |
 | Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 560 pages
...that ' Father of his Country ' said : ' There is not a man living who desires more sincerely than I to see a plan adopted for the abolition of Slavery ; but there is but one suitable and effectual mode of accomplishing that object — legislative anthority.' " —... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1862 - 796 pages
...into the minds of the people of this country ! But I despair of seeing it. 1 Lafayette. * Lafayette. 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 rffwtual mode by which it can be accomplished, and that is, by... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 792 pages
...minds of the people of this country ! Hut I despair of seeing it. 1 Lafayette. '* Lafayette. There in not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do to see a plan adopted for the abolition of it. But there is (inly one jiruper and <'ffr<:tual mode by which it can be accomplished, and that is,... | |
 | George Livermore - African Americans - 1862 - 246 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 some plan adopted for the abolition of it: but there is only one proper and effectual mode by which... | |
 | Orville James Victor - United States - 1862 - 554 pages
...that ' Father of hia Country ' said : ' There is not a man living who desires more sincerely than I to see a plan adopted for the abolition of Slavery ; but there is but one snitable and effectual mode of accomplishing that object — legislative authority.' " —... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1863 - 874 pages
..." to possess another slave by purchase." In a letter written to Mr. Morris in that year he says: u 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... | |
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