 I have often inquired of myself what great principle or idea it was that kept this confederacy so long together. It was not the mere matter of the separation of the colonies from the mother-land, but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence which...  Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs - Page 294by United States. Department of State - 1866Full view - About this book
 | Hinton Rowan Helper - Slavery - 1857 - 946 pages
...colonies from the motherland, it was the sentiment in the Declaration of Independence which gave liberty, not alone to the people of this country, but I hope...which gave promise that in due time the weight would be lifted from the shoulders of all men." 2. The Progress of Secession. So much for the broad causes... | |
 | Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 572 pages
...Colonies from the mother land ; but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence which gave liberty, not alone to the people of this country, but, I hope, to the world for all future time. ]Cheera.] It was that which gave promise that in due time the weight would be lifted from the shoulders... | |
 | Orville James Victor - United States - 1862 - 554 pages
...Colonies from the mother land ; but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence which gave liberty, not alone to the people of this country, but, I hope, to the world for all future time. ]Cbecrs.] It was that which gave promise that in due time the weight would be lifted from the shoulders... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1863 - 796 pages
...colonies from the mother-land, but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence which gave liberty, not alone to the people of this country, but, I hope,...which gave promise that in due time the weight would be lifted from the shoulders of all men. This is a sentiment embodied in the Declaration of Independence.... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - United States - 1863 - 598 pages
...Colonies from the mother land; but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence which gave liberty, not alone to the people of this country, but I hope...gave promise, that, in due time, the weight would be lifted from the shoulders of all men. This was a sentiment embodied in the Declaration of Independence.... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1864 - 694 pages
...Colonies from the mother-land; but that lentiment in the Declaration of Independence which gane Liberty, not alone to the people of this country, but, I hope,...which gave promise that, in due time, the weight would be lifted from the shoulders of all men. This is a sentiment embodied in the Declaration of Independence.... | |
 | David Brainerd Williamson - Campaign literature, 1864 - 1864 - 210 pages
...colonies from the mother-land, but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence which gave liberty, not alone to the people of this country, but, I hope,...which gave promise that in due time the weight would be lifted from the shoulders of all men. This is a sentiment embodied in the Declaration of Independence.... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1864 - 814 pages
...colonies from the mother-land, but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence which gave liberty, not alone to the people of this country, but, I hope,...which gave promise that in due time the weight would be lifted from the shoulders of all men. This U a sentiment embodied in the Declaration of Independence.... | |
 | 1864 - 794 pages
...colonies from the mother-land, but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence which gave liberty, not alone to the people of this country, but, I hope,...which gave promise that in due time the weight would be lifted from the shoulders of all men. This is a sentiment embodied in the Declaration of Independence.... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1864 - 514 pages
...Colonies from the mother land, but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence which gave liberty, not alone to the people of this country, but, I hope, to the world, for all future time. [Great applause.] It was that which gave promise that in due time the weight would be lifted from the... | |
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