 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - United States - 1850 - 678 pages
...slavery ; that " both parts of the country held it equally an evil, a moral and political evil ;" that "the eminent men, the most eminent men, and nearly all the conspicuous politicians of the South held that slavery was an evil, a blight, a blast, a mildew, a scourge, and a curse." He shows that in the... | |
 | Criticism - 1850 - 676 pages
...slavery ; that " both parts of the country held it equally an evil, a moral and political evil ;" that " the eminent men, the most eminent men, and nearly all the conspicuous politicians of the South held that slavery was an evil, a blight, a blast, a mildew, a scourge, and a curse." He shows that in the... | |
 | Daniel Webster - Compromise of 1850 - 1850 - 64 pages
...and not without some acerbity of temper and force of language, to the injurious policy of the mother country, who, to favor the navigator, had entailed...evils upon the colonies. I need hardly refer, sir, particularly to the publications of the day. They are matters of history on the record. The eminent... | |
 | Daniel Webster - United States - 1851 - 568 pages
...favor the navigator, had entailed these evils upon the Colonies. I need hardly refer, Sir, particularly to the publications of the day. They are matters of...sentiments; that slavery was an evil, a blight, a scourge, and a curse. There are no terms of reprobation of slavery so vehement in the North at that... | |
 | Literature - 1851 - 518 pages
...Constitution of the states that there could be property in man.* " The eminent men," says Mr. Webster, " the most eminent men, and nearly all the conspicuous...politicians of the South, held the same sentiments, (that is) " that slavery was an evil, a blight, a blast, a mildew, a scourge, a curse." " And they ascribed... | |
 | Daniel Webster - United States - 1851 - 566 pages
...and not without some acerbity of temper and force of language, to the injurious policy of the mother country, who, to favor the navigator, had entailed...evils upon the Colonies. I need hardly refer, Sir, particularly to the publications of the day. They are matters of history on the record. The eminent... | |
 | Daniel Webster - United States - 1853 - 566 pages
...and not without some acerbity of temper and force of language, to the injurious policy of the mother country, who, to favor the navigator, had entailed...evils upon the Colonies. I need hardly refer, Sir, particularly to the publications of the day. They are matters of history on the record. The eminent... | |
 | United States. Congress, Thomas Hart Benton - Law - 1857 - 648 pages
...and not without some acerbity of temper and force of language, to tho injurious policy of the mother country, who, to favor the navigator, had entailed...publications of the day. They are matters of history on the recordf. The eminent men, the most eminent men, and nearly all the conspicuous men of the South, held... | |
 | 1857 - 716 pages
...will bo found that both parts of the country held it equally an evil, a moral and political evil." " The eminent men, the most eminent men, and nearly...sentiments — that slavery was an evil, a blight and a curse. There are no terms of reprobation of slavery so vehement at the north at that day as in... | |
 | 1857 - 700 pages
...will be found that both parts of the country held it equally an evil, a moral and political evil." " The eminent men, the most eminent men, and nearly...sentiments — that slavery was an evil, a blight and a curse. There are no terms of reprobation of slavery so vehement at the north at that day as in... | |
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They ascribed its existence here, not without truth, and not without some acerbity of temper and force of language, to the injurious policy of the mother country, who, to favor the navigator, had entailed these evils upon the Colonies. 
