Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 5Nathaniel Chapman Hopkins and Earle, 1808 |
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... ground of the ship's owing him goods to the value of a slave or two . It cannot be expected that the captains of slave ships will be men of peculiar mildness in resenting inju ries . The revenge however of the captain in this in- stance ...
... ground of the ship's owing him goods to the value of a slave or two . It cannot be expected that the captains of slave ships will be men of peculiar mildness in resenting inju ries . The revenge however of the captain in this in- stance ...
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... ground work of the story , they conceive these at least are merely my own comments ! But astonishing as it may seem , this is almost in terms the captain's own account . So dead and callous does this trade render those who are engaged ...
... ground work of the story , they conceive these at least are merely my own comments ! But astonishing as it may seem , this is almost in terms the captain's own account . So dead and callous does this trade render those who are engaged ...
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... ground of humanity and benevolence . I do not know that it is necessary to urge any thing in reply to this strange argument , and I doubt whether any man possessed of all the powers of eloquence could make its absurdity appear more ...
... ground of humanity and benevolence . I do not know that it is necessary to urge any thing in reply to this strange argument , and I doubt whether any man possessed of all the powers of eloquence could make its absurdity appear more ...
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... can oppose not only the reason of the thing , but abundant , complete , indisputable testimo- ny . In fact nothing can be more ridiculous than the grounds on which it has been asserted that the refu- ABOLITION OF THE SLAVE TRADE . 35.
... can oppose not only the reason of the thing , but abundant , complete , indisputable testimo- ny . In fact nothing can be more ridiculous than the grounds on which it has been asserted that the refu- ABOLITION OF THE SLAVE TRADE . 35.
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... grounds of it . I must beg the committee to hear them in his own words : " I had a Cabenda boy with me as a linguist , who informed me , one evening , that a slave , whom I would not purchase , was put to death in the following manner ...
... grounds of it . I must beg the committee to hear them in his own words : " I had a Cabenda boy with me as a linguist , who informed me , one evening , that a slave , whom I would not purchase , was put to death in the following manner ...
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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.