 I can only say, that there is not a man living, who wishes more sincerely than I do to see a plan adopted for the abolition of it ; but there is only one proper and effectual mode by which it can be accomplished, and that is by legislative authority ;...  Harper's New Monthly Magazine - Page 460edited by - 1866Full view - About this book
 | George Washington - 1835 - 568 pages
...wish to hold the unhappy people, who are the subject of this letter, in slavery. I can only say, that there is not a man living, who wishes more sincerely...than I do to see a plan adopted for the abolition of it; but there is only one proper and effectual mode by which it can be accomplished, and that is by... | |
 | William Dunlap - 1836 - 232 pages
...not a man living, who wishes more sincerely than I do, to see a plan adopted for the abolition of it; but there is only one proper and effectual mode by...authority; and this, as far as my suffrage will go, shall never be wanting." {Washington. " You have among you many a purchased slave, Which, like your... | |
 | William Dunlap - 1836 - 256 pages
...wish to hold the unhappy people, who are the subject of this letter, in slavery. I can only say, that there is not a man living, who wishes more sincerely...than I do, to see a plan adopted for the abolition of it; but there is only one proper and effectual mode by which it can be accomplished ; and that is,... | |
 | Frederick Freeman - 1837 - 364 pages
...otherwise unavoidable." ' GEN. WASHINGTON, in a letter to Robert Morris, dated April 12, 1786, says " There is not a man living, who wishes more sincerely...authority ; and this, as far as my suffrage will go, shall never be wanting." Again, in a letter to the Marquis de La Fayette, May 10, 1786, he writes,... | |
 | William Dunlap - 1837 - 512 pages
...wish to hold the unhappy people, who are the subject of this letter, in slavery. I can only say, that there is not a man living, who wishes more sincerely...than I do, to see a plan adopted for the abolition of it; but there is only one proper and effectual mode by which it can be accomplished ; and that is,... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1835 - 580 pages
...wish to hold the unhappy people, who are the subject of this letter, in slavery. I can only say, that there is not a man living, who wishes more sincerely...than I do to see a plan adopted for the abolition of it ; but there is only one proper and effectual mode by which it can be accomplished, and that is by... | |
 | William Dunlap - 1837 - 440 pages
...a man living, who wishes more sincerely thart I do, to see a plan adopted for the abolition of it ; but there is only one proper and effectual mode by...accomplished ; and that is, by legislative authority; ana this, as far as my suffrage will go, shall never be wanting." \Vr'ashingi'tn . "You have among... | |
 | Julius Rubens Ames - 1837 - 716 pages
...a man living, who wishes more sincerely than I do, to see a plan adopted for the abolition of it ; but there is only one proper and effectual mode by which it can be accomplished, and that is, by the legislative authority ; and this, as far as my suffrage will go, shall not be wanting. — Letter... | |
 | Julius Rubens Ames - 1837 - 244 pages
...man living, who wishes . more sincerely than I do, to see a plan adopted for the abolition of ! it ; but there is only one proper and effectual mode by which it can be accomplished, and that is, by the legislative authority ; and this, as far as my suffrage will go, shall not be wantinf— Letter... | |
 | Theodore Dwight Weld - 1838 - 66 pages
...have conceded this power. Washington, in a letter to Robert Morris, dated April 12, 1786, says : " There is not a man living, who wishes more sincerely...accomplished, and that is by legislative authority." In a letter to Lafayette, dated May 10, 1786, he says: It (the abolition of (slavery) certainly might,... | |
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