 His justice can not sleep forever," were words of despair. It was the desire of Washington's heart that Virginia should remove slavery by a public act; and as the prospects of a general emancipation grew more and more dim, he, in utter hopelessness of...  Autobiography and Reminiscences - Page 72by David Patterson Dyer - 1922 - 357 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Bancroft - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1866 - 88 pages
...broke from him, "I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that His justice cannot sleep forever," were words of despair. It was the...he could by bequeathing freedom to his own slaves. Good and true men had, from the days of 1776, suggested the colonizing of the negro in the home of... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1866 - 110 pages
...broke from him, "I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that His justice cannot sleep forever," were words of despair. It was the...he could by bequeathing freedom to his own slaves. Good and true men had, from the days of 1776, suggested the colonizing of the negro in the home of... | |
 | George Bancroft - Slavery - 1866 - 88 pages
...broke from him, "I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that His justice cannot sleep forever," were words of despair. It was the...State, did all that he could by bequeathing freedom to h\s own slaves. Good and true men had, from the days of 1776, suggested the colonizing of the negro... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1866 - 104 pages
...broke from him, "I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that His justice cannot sleep forever," were words of despair. It was the...general emancipation grew more and more dim, he, in 8 ABRAHAM LINCOLN. utter hopelessness of the action of the State, did all that he could by bequeathing... | |
 | United States. Congress - Government publications - 1903 - 256 pages
...emancipation, Jefferson encountered difficulties greater than he could overcome; and after vain wrestlings, the words that broke from him, "I tremble for my country...he could by bequeathing freedom to his own slaves. Good and true men had, from the days of 1776, suggested the colonizing of the negro in the home of... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Illinois - 1905 - 412 pages
...broke from him, " I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that His justice cannot sleep forever," were words of despair. It was the...he could by bequeathing freedom to his own slaves. Good and true men had, from the days of 1776, suggested the colonizing of the negro in the home of... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1908 - 96 pages
...emancipation, Jefferson encountered difficulties greater than he could overcome; and after vain wrestlings, the words that broke from him, "I tremble for my country...he could by bequeathing freedom to his own slaves. Good and true men had, from the days of 1776, suggested the colonizing of the negro in the home of... | |
 | Robert Haven Schauffler - 1909 - 414 pages
...broke from him, " I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that His justice cannot sleep forever," were words of despair. It was the...he could by bequeathing freedom to his own slaves. Good and true men had, from the days of 1776, suggested the colonizing of the negro in the home of... | |
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