Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 5Nathaniel Chapman Hopkins and Earle, 1808 |
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... expect to find scenes of wretchedness and cruelty , on which it is impossible to look without in- dignation and shame ? He But let us recollect , that this is not the whole of the present case . For , of the more opulent and more li ...
... expect to find scenes of wretchedness and cruelty , on which it is impossible to look without in- dignation and shame ? He But let us recollect , that this is not the whole of the present case . For , of the more opulent and more li ...
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... expect a great decrease ; but , that in spite of them all , great and numerous as they were , an increase having begun to take place , we were warranted in be- lieving that the amendment of one or two particulars out of many , would ...
... expect a great decrease ; but , that in spite of them all , great and numerous as they were , an increase having begun to take place , we were warranted in be- lieving that the amendment of one or two particulars out of many , would ...
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... expect to be told that they were all forthwith murdered by these savage Africans . No such thing . They only desired the captain to give them an order for goods on the vessel , with which he was obliged to comply . Now then at least you ...
... expect to be told that they were all forthwith murdered by these savage Africans . No such thing . They only desired the captain to give them an order for goods on the vessel , with which he was obliged to comply . Now then at least you ...
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... back and he- sitate , was it fair to expect , as I argued on a former occasion , that the nations in question should relinquish * Mr. Fox . the trade without inquiry , little acquainted as they must 42 MR . WILBERFORCE'S SPEECH ON THE.
... back and he- sitate , was it fair to expect , as I argued on a former occasion , that the nations in question should relinquish * Mr. Fox . the trade without inquiry , little acquainted as they must 42 MR . WILBERFORCE'S SPEECH ON THE.
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... expect , that the honourable gentleman will himself wish to have the blanks filled . up in the manner that is most correspondent to the feelings of his own mind upon the subject . What then is the precise question now before , the ...
... expect , that the honourable gentleman will himself wish to have the blanks filled . up in the manner that is most correspondent to the feelings of his own mind upon the subject . What then is the precise question now before , the ...
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Página 42 - Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...
Página 381 - As to conquest, therefore, my lords, I repeat, it is impossible. You may swell every expense, and every effort, still more extravagantly; pile and accumulate every assistance you can buy or borrow ; traffic and barter with every little pitiful German prince, that sells and sends his subjects to the shambles of a foreign prince ; your efforts are for ever vain and impotent: doubly so from this mercenary aid on which you rely.
Página 388 - These abominable principles, and this more abominable avowal of them, demand the most decisive indignation.
Página 377 - I rise, my lords, to declare my sentiments on this most solemn and serious subject. It has imposed a load upon my mind, which, I fear, nothing can remove ; but which impels me to endeavour its alleviation, by a free and unreserved communication of my sentiments.
Página 379 - Paris they transact the reciprocal interests of America and France. Can there be a more mortifying insult? Can even our ministers sustain a more humiliating disgrace ? Do they dare to resent it? Do they presume even to hint a vindication of their honor, and the dignity of the state, by requiring the dismission of the plenipotentiaries of America...
Página 411 - His Majesty is persuaded that the unremitting industry with which our enemies persevere in their avowed design of effecting the separation of Ireland from this kingdom, cannot fail to engage the particular attention of parliament ; and his Majesty recommends it...
Página 385 - You cannot subdue her by your present or by any measures. What, then, can you do ? You cannot conquer ; you cannot gain ; but you can address ; you can lull the fears and anxieties of the moment into an ignorance of the danger that should produce them.
Página 382 - To call into civilized alliance the wild and inhuman savage of the woods ; to delegate to the merciless Indian the defence of disputed rights, and to wage the horrors of his barbarous war against our brethren? My Lords, these enormities cry aloud for redress and punishment : unless thoroughly done away, it will be a stain on the national character — it is a violation of the constitution — I believe it is against law.