 | Stephen D. Carpenter - 1864 - 351 Seiten
...misnamed) is a bagatelle, which would not cost me a second thought. A general emancipation and expatriation could be effected, and gradually, and with due sacrifices,...think it might be. But, as it is, we have the wolf by theeari, and we can neither hold him nor safely let him go! Justice is in one scale and self preservation... | |
 | 1865
...growing stronger every day. Question. Then is it not a useless contest on our part ? Answer. No, sir; we have the wolf by the ears, and we can neither hold ori to him nor let him go without great inconvenience. You have stopped blockaderunning, and I presume... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - 1868
...that way, a general emancipation and expatriation could be effected : and, gradually, and with dnc sacrifices, I think it might be. But as it is, we have the wolf by the ears, and wo can neither hold him, nor safely let him go. Justice is in one scale, and self-preservation in the... | |
 | John Caldwell Calhoun - 1874
...bagatelle, which would not cost mo a second thought, if in that way a general emancipation and expatriation could be effected; and gradually, and with due sacrifices,...think it might be. But, as it is, we have the wolf by tho ears, and we can neither hold him nor safely let him go. Justice is in one scale, and self-preservation... | |
 | John Caldwell Calhoun - 1883
...bagatelle, which would not cost me a second thought, if in that way a general emancipation and expatriation could be effected ; and gradually, and with due sacrifices,...one scale, and self-preservation in the other. Of ons thing I am certain, that as the passage of slaves from one free State to another would not make... | |
 | John Torrey Morse - 1883 - 351 Seiten
...that way a general emancipation and expatriation could be effected ; and gradually and with due care, I think, it might be. But as it is we have the wolf by the ears, and can neither hold him nor safely let him go." In 1821 Jefferson had a sharp revival of his old jealousy... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1894
...bagatelle which would not cost me a second thought if in that way a general emancipation and expatriation could be effected, and gradually and with due sacrifices...in one scale, and self-preservation in the other. Mr. Clay was in Congress, and, perceiving the danger, at once engaged his whole energies to avert it.... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1899
...which would not cost me a second thought, if, in that way, a general emancipation and expatriation could be effected ; and gradually, and with due sacrifices,...go. Justice is in one scale, and self-preservation a condition of unparalleled distress. The sudden reduction of the circulating medium from a plethory... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1899
...not cost me a second thought, if, in that way, a gen- x ^ .'.'^ eral emancipation and expatriation could be effected ; and gradually, and with due sacrifices,...go. Justice is in one scale, and self-preservation , ... a condition of unparalleled distress. The sudden reduction of the circulating medium from a plethory... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1900 - 476 Seiten
...which would not cost me a second thought, if, in that way, a general emancipation and expatriation could be effected; and, gradually, and with due sacrifices,...is in one scale, and selfpreservation in the other. (To John Holmes, 1820. C. VII., IS9-) SOUTH AMERICA. — The Southern provinces, I fear, must end in... | |
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The cession of that kind of property (for so it is misnamed) is a bagatelle, which would not cost me a second thought, if, in that way, a general emancipation and expatriation could be effected: and gradually, and with due sacrifices, I think it might... 
