Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Band 5Nathaniel Chapman Hopkins and Earle, 1808 |
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... speak the words of conciliation ; I wish particularly to in- vite the gentlemen of the West Indies to accompany me in my progress . I call upon them to investigate with me , fully and fairly , the various evils arising from the slave ...
... speak the words of conciliation ; I wish particularly to in- vite the gentlemen of the West Indies to accompany me in my progress . I call upon them to investigate with me , fully and fairly , the various evils arising from the slave ...
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... speak of an actual loss , and at another of an actual gain so great that it would ruin those opulent towns to be deprived of it . After the statements we have lately heard of the publick fi- nances , and our immense exportations of ...
... speak of an actual loss , and at another of an actual gain so great that it would ruin those opulent towns to be deprived of it . After the statements we have lately heard of the publick fi- nances , and our immense exportations of ...
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... speaking of such proceedings . The house being here clamorous for the names , Mr. Wil- berforce stated them ; the Thomas , of Bristol , cap- tain Phillips ; Wasp , of ditto , captain Hutchenson ; Recovery , of ditto , captain Kimber ...
... speaking of such proceedings . The house being here clamorous for the names , Mr. Wil- berforce stated them ; the Thomas , of Bristol , cap- tain Phillips ; Wasp , of ditto , captain Hutchenson ; Recovery , of ditto , captain Kimber ...
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... Speaking of the Gold Coast , he says , " their most artful works are the gold and silver hat bands they make for us , the thread and contexture of which is so fine that I tion whether our European artists would not be put to it to ...
... Speaking of the Gold Coast , he says , " their most artful works are the gold and silver hat bands they make for us , the thread and contexture of which is so fine that I tion whether our European artists would not be put to it to ...
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... speak of the exertions of our active benevolence in inciting them to war , and of the effect of the slave trade upon the criminal law and the administration of justice . From these last it will appear how far we can pretend with any ...
... speak of the exertions of our active benevolence in inciting them to war , and of the effect of the slave trade upon the criminal law and the administration of justice . From these last it will appear how far we can pretend with any ...
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Seite 42 - Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...
Seite 389 - Protestant religion, of this country, against the arbitrary cruelties of Popery and the Inquisition, if these more than Popish cruelties and inquisitorial practices are let loose among us...
Seite 389 - These abominable principles, and this more abominable avowal of them, demand the most decisive indignation.
Seite 380 - We do not know the worst; but we know that in three campaigns we have done nothing and suffered much.
Seite 381 - You may swell every expense and every effort still more extravagantly; pile and accumulate every assistance you can buy or borrow; traffic and barter with every little pitiful German prince that sells and sends his subjects to the shambles...
Seite 385 - In a just and necessary war, to maintain the rights or honour of my country I would strip the shirt from my back to support it. But in such a war as this, unjust in its principle, impracticable in its means, and ruinous in its consequences, I would not contribute a single effort nor a single shilling. I do not call for vengeance on the heads of those who have been guilty; I only recommend to them to make their retreat. Let them walk off, and let them make haste, or they may be sure that speedy and...
Seite 386 - Lords, since they had neither sagacity to foresee, nor justice nor humanity to shun, these oppressive calamities; since not even severe experience can make them feel, nor the imminent ruin of their country awaken them from their stupefaction, the guardian care of parliament must interpose.
Seite 379 - Paris they transact the reciprocal interests of America and France. Can there be a more mortifying insult? Can even our ministers sustain a more humiliating disgrace ? Do they dare to resent it? Do they presume even to hint a vindication of their honor, and the dignity of the state, by requiring the dismission of the plenipotentiaries of America...