Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 5Nathaniel Chapman Hopkins and Earle, 1808 |
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... tion for an inquiry into the state of the nation , March the 24th , 1795 , 111 Mr. Fox's Speech in the house of commons , on the se- cond reading of the bill for the new assessed taxes , 171 The speech of Richard B. Sheridan , on the ...
... tion for an inquiry into the state of the nation , March the 24th , 1795 , 111 Mr. Fox's Speech in the house of commons , on the se- cond reading of the bill for the new assessed taxes , 171 The speech of Richard B. Sheridan , on the ...
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... tion . But I must recur to what I before laid down , that these importations do not tend more to produce con- fusion and disorder , than to retain the unhappy slaves themselves in their actual state of wretchedness and degradation . It ...
... tion . But I must recur to what I before laid down , that these importations do not tend more to produce con- fusion and disorder , than to retain the unhappy slaves themselves in their actual state of wretchedness and degradation . It ...
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... object is the acquisi- tion of slaves ; not , but that as it is natural to ima- gine , these often prove the occasion of more general and continual hostilities , inasmuch as they greatly add to 18 MR . WILBERFORCE'S SPEECH ON THE.
... object is the acquisi- tion of slaves ; not , but that as it is natural to ima- gine , these often prove the occasion of more general and continual hostilities , inasmuch as they greatly add to 18 MR . WILBERFORCE'S SPEECH ON THE.
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... tion for having stolen away some of his subjects , for the purpose of selling them for slaves . This curious anecdote was brought to my notice by noble friend of mine , to whose friendship on this , as on many other occasions , I am ...
... tion for having stolen away some of his subjects , for the purpose of selling them for slaves . This curious anecdote was brought to my notice by noble friend of mine , to whose friendship on this , as on many other occasions , I am ...
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... tion of the principles , and nature , and mode of con- ducting the slave trade ? The chieftain and his party perceiving the general state of things favourable to their design ( all the healthy part of the crew being absent on the shore ) ...
... tion of the principles , and nature , and mode of con- ducting the slave trade ? The chieftain and his party perceiving the general state of things favourable to their design ( all the healthy part of the crew being absent on the shore ) ...
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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.