 | Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu - Constitutional law - 1793 - 412 pages
...; becaufe, allowing them to be men, a fufpicion would follow, that we ourfelves are not chriftians. Weak minds exaggerate too much the wrong done to the Africans; for, were the cafe as they ftate it, would the European powers, who make fo many needlefs conventions among themfelves,... | |
 | Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu - 1802 - 378 pages
...voyage to the ifles of America, vol. 4. p. 114. 172?, is ««o • THE SPIRIT. [BOOR XV. Weak, jninds exaggerate too much the wrong done to the Africans". For were the cafe as they flate it, would the European powers, who make fo many needlefs conventions among themfelves,... | |
 | Columbia County (N.Y.) - 1804 - 450 pages
...; becaufe, allowing them to be men. afufpicion would follow, that we ourfelvcs are not chriftians. Weak minds exaggerate too much the wrong done to the Africans for were the cafe as they ftate it, would the European powers, who make f.> many needle f» conventions among themfelves,... | |
 | Antislavery movements - 1833 - 370 pages
...proof of tbi-ir wanting common sense ? "It is impossible for us to suppose these creatures to be men, because, allowing them to be men, a suspicion would...much the wrong done to the Africans. For, were the BRITISH POETS. SPENSER was steeped in romance. He was the prince of magicians, and held the keys which... | |
 | Cassius Marcellus Clay - History - 1848 - 550 pages
...good soul, in such a black, ugly body." " It is impossible to suppose that these creatures are men, because, allowing them to be men. a suspicion would follow, that we ourselves are not Christians V' So the old Spaniards, when they had oppressed for centuries the Spaniards of the New World, denying... | |
 | William Hosmer - Fugitive slave law of 1850 - 1852 - 226 pages
...proof of their wanting common sense? " It is impossible for us to suppose these creatures to be men, because, allowing them to be men, a suspicion would...would the European powers, who make so many needless conveniions among themselves, have failed to make a general one in behalf of humanity and compassion?"—Spirit... | |
 | Alexandre Rodolphe Vinet - French literature - 1854 - 522 pages
...proof of their wanting common sense? It is impossible for us to suppose these creatures to be men, because allowing them to be men, a suspicion would...European powers, who make so many needless conventions 1 Livre »., chap. xiii. among themselves, have failed to enter into a general one, in behalf of humanity... | |
 | J. W.. Gilbart - History - 1857 - 178 pages
...soul, in such a black, ugly body. " It is impossible for us to suppose these creatures to be men ; because, allowing them to be men, a suspicion would follow that we ourselves are not Christians." In every age slavery has produced mischievous effects. In the first place, it debases the mind of the... | |
 | Congregational churches - 1859 - 402 pages
...ironical words, that, " It is impossible for us to suppose these creatures [the negroes] to be men ; because, allowing them to be men, a suspicion would follow, that we ourselves are not Christians." sharp interrogatories: — "What excuse can we make for our conduct ? What reason can we urge why our... | |
 | Congregationalism - 1862 - 692 pages
...proof of their wanting common sense ? It is impossible for us to suppose these creatures to be men, because, allowing them to be men, a suspicion would follow, that we ourselves are not Christians." A far more numerous class of writers before the Revolution was distinctly aimed at, express, in their... | |
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The negroes prefer a glass necklace to that gold, which polite nations so highly value. Can there be a greater proof of their wanting common sense? It is impossible for us to suppose these creatures to be men, because, allowing them to be men, a suspicion... 
