 | 1844 - 582 pages
...treads is holy, and consecrated by the genius of universal emancipation, says of the liberated slave, " He stands redeemed, regenerated, and disenthralled...the irresistible genius of universal emancipation." This word is constantly used by political writers to signify a change in states ; why then should we... | |
 | John Philpot Curran, Robert Emmet, Henry Grattan - 1840 - 562 pages
...cloven down -,—no matter with what solemnities he may have been devoted upon the altar of slavery; the first moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain,...the irresistible Genius of UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION. [Here Mr. Curran VMS interrupted by a sudden burst of applause from the court and hall, which was repeated... | |
 | 1840 - 582 pages
...down ; no matter with what solemnities he may have been devoted upon the altar of slavery, — the first moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain...the irresistible genius of universal emancipation I " * They who could hear such a passage unmoved must have had heads and hearts of stone ! It has been... | |
 | Archibald Hamilton Rowan - 1840 - 510 pages
...down — no matter with what solem nities he may have been devoted upon the altar of slavery — the first moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain,...stands redeemed, regenerated, and disenthralled, by their resistable genins of UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION.' The concluding passage of this speech, of which... | |
 | Moses Severance - 1841 - 316 pages
...devoted upon the aliar of slavery; the first moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain, the altarand the god sink together in the dust : his soul walks...the irresistible Genius of UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION. aC'ic'-a-tri-zed, okinncd over. d Cont-roen'-su-rate, or equal measureARcv-o-ca'-tion, recall, repeal.... | |
 | Henry Stuart Foote - 1841 - 330 pages
...moral darkness would soon draw to a close, and in due season, all men, everywhere, would stand forth, " redeemed, regenerated, and disenthralled by the irresistible genius of universal emancipation." There is one feature in the English Reformation altogether peculiar. It has been remarked that the original... | |
 | Richard Robert Madden - 1842 - 328 pages
...down — no matter with what solemnities he may have been devoted upon the altar of Slavery — the first moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain,...the irresistible genius of Universal Emancipation." It is to be noted, that the seditious libel was uttered in the year 1792, and the prosecution did not... | |
 | 1842 - 600 pages
...first moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain, the altar and the god sink together in the dust ; his body swells beyond the measure of his chains,...and dis-enthralled, by the irresistible genius of uni. versal emancipation. " This important measure was, at its first introduction, opposed by Mr. Peel,... | |
 | 1842 - 606 pages
...cloven down — no matter with what solemnities he may have been devoted upon the altar of slavery: the first moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain,...altar and the god sink together in the dust ; his body swells beyond the measure of his chains, that burst from around him ; and he stands redeemed,... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1843 - 524 pages
...; — no matter with what solemnities he may have been devoted upon the altar of slavery ; — the moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain, the...irresistible genius of " universal emancipation." 41. REPLY TO MR. CORRy's ATTACK ON HIS CHARACTER.— Grattan. violation of the privileges of the house.... | |
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... no matter with what solemnities he may have been devoted upon the altar of slavery ; the first moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain, the altar and the god sink together in the dust ; his soul walks abroad in her own majesty ; his body swells... 
