 And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath? Indeed I tremble...  The Impending Crisis of the South: How to Meet it - Page 180by Hinton Rowan Helper - 1857 - 420 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Grahame - 1836 - 488 pages
...population of this province, " when I reflect that God is just ; that his justice cannot sleep for ever ; that considering numbers, nature, and natural means...interference! The Almighty has no attribute which can lake side with us in such a contest." Notes on Virginia. So early as the year 1687, we are told that... | |
 | Julius Rubens Ames - 1837 - 244 pages
...Indeed, fyemble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep lor ever ; that considering numbers, nature and natural means...become probable by supernatural interference ! The A has no attribute which can take side with us in such a com it is impossible to be temperate and to... | |
 | Julius Rubens Ames - 1837 - 716 pages
...Messing to them." — Bullimqre paper, Sept. numbers, nature, and nalinv.l means only, a revolution in the wheel of fortune, an exchange of situation is among possible events ; that is. may become probable by a supernatural interference. The Almighty has no attribute which can take... | |
 | Pennsylvania Hall Association (Philadelphia, Pa.), Samuel Webb - 1838 - 222 pages
...tremble- for my country when I reflect that God is just ; that his justice cannot sleep for ever ; that considering numbers, nature, and natural means...attribute which can take side with us in such a contest ?" Were the parliament of Great Britain fanatical, when they appropriated twenty million pounds sterling... | |
 | Thomas Branagan, Julius Rubens Ames - 1839 - 404 pages
...are not to be violated but with his wrath ? Indeed, I tremble for my country, when I reflect that God is just ; that his justice cannot sleep forever ;...attribute which can take side with us in such a contest." And we may ascertain the opinion of all the governments of Europe, by the following remarks, written... | |
 | Julius Rubens Ames - 1839 - 160 pages
...I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just ; that his justice cannot sleep for ever ; that considering numbers, nature, and natural means...attribute which can take side with us in such a contest. What an incomprehensible machine is man ! Who can endure toil, famine, stripes, imprisonment, and death... | |
 | Alexander Trotter - 1839 - 478 pages
...I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just ; that his justice cannot sleep for ever ; that considering numbers, nature and natural means...attribute which can take side with us in such a contest. But it is impossible to be temperate, and to pursue this subject through the various considerations... | |
 | New England Yearly Meeting of Friends. Representative Meeting - 1841 - 150 pages
...are not to be violated but with his wrath ? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever; that,...interference. The Almighty has no attribute which can take sides with us in such a contest." There is something peculiarly solemn in this language. It seems like... | |
 | George Combe - 1841 - 420 pages
...Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep for ever; that considering numbers, nature, and natural means...supernatural interference! The Almighty has no attribute that can take side with us in such a contest." It is impossible to add to the force of eloquence of... | |
 | James Grahame - 1842 - 128 pages
...the too probable event of a general insurrection of the negro slaves against their white masters, " the Almighty has no attribute which can take side with us in such a contest."* Thus, according to Jefferson's conviction, the justice of God is on the side of negro revolt in America... | |
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