 ... and suffered and sacrificed what I have in this interference, it would have been all right, and every man in this court would have deemed it an act worthy of reward rather than punishment This court acknowledges, as I suppose, the validity of the...  Macmillan's Magazine - Page 3091859Full view - About this book
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1864 - 696 pages
...wife, or children, or any of that class, and suffered and sacrificed what I have in this interference, it would have been all right, and every man in this...rather than punishment. "This Court acknowledges, as I suppose, the validity of the Law of God. I see a book kissed here which I suppose to be the Bible,... | |
 | Charles Van Doren, Charles Lincoln Van Doren, Robert McHenry - History - 1971 - 1530 pages
...destruction of property, or to excite or incite the slaves to rebellion, or to make insurrection. . . . This court acknowledges, too, as I suppose, the validity of the law of Cod. I see a book kissed here which I suppose to be the Bible, or at least the New Testament, which... | |
 | James M. McPherson - History - 1988 - 952 pages
...manner which I admit ... in behalf of the rich, the powerful, the intelligent, the socalled great . . . every man in this Court would have deemed it an act worthy of reward rather than punishment. 9. Worcester Spy, Oct. 20, 27, 1859, quoted in Edelstein, Strange Enthusiasm, 222; Liberator, Oct.... | |
 | James M. McPherson - History - 2003 - 947 pages
...manner which I admit ... in behalf of the rich, the powerful, the intelligent, the socalled great . . . every man in this Court would have deemed it an act worthy of reward rather than punishment. 9. Worcester Spy, Oct. 20, 27, 1859, quoted in Edelstein, Strange Enthusiasm, 222; Liberator, Oct.... | |
 | Jacqueline Bernard - Biography & Autobiography - 1990 - 300 pages
.... . Had I interfered in behalf of the rich, the powerful, the intelligent, or the so-called great, every man in this court would have deemed it an act worthy of reward rather than punishment." The day after Harpers Ferry, angry white mobs marched through the streets of Battle Creek in support... | |
 | Carolyn L. Karcher - Biography & Autobiography - 1994 - 850 pages
...rich, the powerful, the intelligent, the so-called great, or in behalf of any of their friends . . . every man in this court would have deemed it an act worthy of reward rather than punishment," he contended. Drawing attention to the New Testament prominently displayed in the courtroom, and again... | |
 | Charles Johnson, Patricia Smith, WGBH Series Research Team - History - 1999 - 554 pages
...slaves to rebellion, or to make insurrection . . . [but] had I so interfered in behalf of the rich . . . every man in this court would have deemed it an act worthy of reward rather than punishment. On December 2, John Brown rode his coffin to the gallows. Bells pealed in tribute in many northern... | |
 | Alfred Maund - Fiction - 1999 - 216 pages
...class, and suffered and sacrificed what I have in this interference, 1t would have been all r1ght. Every man in this court would have deemed it an act worthy of reward rather than punishment. I say I am yet too young to understand that God is any respecter of persons. I believe that to have... | |
 | David Brion Davis, Steven Mintz - History - 1998 - 607 pages
...class, and suffered and sacrificed what I have in this interference, // would have been all right. Every man in this Court would have deemed it an act worthy a reward, rather than a punishment. This Court acknowledges too, as I suppose, the validity of the... | |
 | Nelson Algren - History - 2001 - 156 pages
...with too many nervous judges. "Had I so interfered in behalf of any of that class, every man in the court would have deemed it an act worthy of reward rather than punishment," John Brown explained his own assault upon a legal apparatus gone out of touch with humanity. Old Brown... | |
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