 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1835 - 572 էջ
...not humanity in any, because it introduces more evils than it can cure. * In writing to Mr. John F. Mercer on this subject, General Washington said ;...circumstances should compel me to it, to possess another slave hy purchase, it being among my first wishes to see some plan adopted, by which slavery in this country... | |
 | William Dunlap - 1836 - 232 էջ
...further." — Shakspeare. ''• I never mean, unless some particular circumstances should compel ms to it, to possess another slave by purchase, it being...slavery in this country may be abolished by law." — Washington. "Just Death ! kind umpire of man's miseries." " Our little life is rounded with a sleep."... | |
 | William Dunlap - 1836 - 256 էջ
...domestic, foreign levy, nothing Can toueh them further." — Shakspearc. '• I never mean, unljss some particular circumstances should compel me to...slave by purchase, it being among my first wishes la see some plan adopted, by which slavery in this country may be abolished by law." — Washington.... | |
 | 1836 - 406 էջ
...September 9th, 1786. "I never mean, unless some particular circumstance should compel me to it, t» possess another slave by purchase, it being among my first wishes to see some pla» adopted, by which slavery in this country may be abolished by law." STATE OF AFRICA. The Boston... | |
 | Julius Rubens Ames - 1837 - 716 էջ
...scarcely obtain a hearing. — Letter to Lafayette. I never mean, unless some particular circumstance should compel me to it, to possess another slave by...which slavery in this country may be abolished by law. — Letter to John F. Mercer. Because there are, in Pennsylvania, laws for the gradual abolition of... | |
 | Frederick Freeman - 1837 - 364 էջ
...a letter to John F. Mercer, September 9, 1786, " I never mean, unless some particular circumstance should compel me to it, to possess another slave by...slavery in this country may be abolished by law." ' Mr. JEFFERSON asks, " Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure, when we have removed their... | |
 | William Dunlap - 1837 - 440 էջ
...steel, nor poison, Malice domestic, foreign levy, nothing Can toueh them further." — Xhakspeare. "I never mean, unless some particular circumstances...wishes to see some plan adopted, by which slavery iu this country may be abolished by law." — Washington. "Just Death ! kind umpire of man's miseries."... | |
 | William Dunlap - 1837 - 512 էջ
...steel, nor poison, Malice domestic, foreign levy, nothing Can touch them further." — Shakspenre. " I never mean, unless some particular circumstances...slave by purchase, it being among my first wishes Ip see some plan adopted, by which slavery in this country may be abolished by law." — WaMngton.... | |
 | Julius Rubens Ames - 1837 - 244 էջ
...scarcely obtain a hearing. — Letter to Lafayette. _fT never mean, unless some particular circumstance should compel me to it, to possess another slave by...purchase ; it being among my first wishes to see some pZan adopted by which slavery in this country may be abolished by lawf— Letter _ to John F, Mercer.... | |
 | Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention - 1838 - 454 էջ
...obtain a hearing."—Letter to Lafayttte. Gen. Washington also wrote to John F. Mercer as follows : " I never mean, unless some particular circumstances...by which slavery, in this country, may be abolished bylaw. - "—Letter to John F. Mercer. These were the sentiments of the father of his-country on this... | |
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I never mean, unless some particular circumstances should compel me to it, to possess another slave by purchase, it being among my first wishes to see some plan adopted by which slavery, in this country, may be abolished by law. 
