...one of his great speeches, referring to the American Colonists at the time of the Revolution, says : "Permit me, sir, to add another circumstance in our Colonies, which contributes no mean part toward the growth and effect of this untractable spirit. I mean their education. In no country, perhaps,...

...liberty, than those to the northward. Such were all the ancient commonwealths ; such were our Gothic ancestors ; such in our days were the Poles ; and...renders it invincible. Permit me, sir, to add another circumstanee in our Colonies, which contributes no mean pai't towards the growth and effect of this...

...of republicanism, and local independent sovereignty. to the intelligence of the American people. ' Permit me, sir, to add another circumstance in our...no mean part towards the growth and effect of this intractable spirit. / mean their education. In no country perhaps in the world, is the law so general...

...sentiments, and with a strong aversion from whatever tends to deprive them of their chief importance. Permit me, sir, to add another circumstance in our colonies, which contributes no mean part 8 towards the growth and effect of this untractable spirit. I -mean their education. In no country,...

...liberty than those to the northward. Such were all the ancient commonwealths ; such were our Gothic ancestors ; such, in our days, were the Poles, and...circumstance in our colonies, which contributes no mean part toward the growth and effect of this untractable spirit — I mean their education. In no country perhaps...

...liberty than those to the northward. Such were all the ancient commonwealths ; such were our Gothic ancestors ; such, in our days, were the Poles, and...circumstance in our colonies, which contributes no mean part toward the growth and effect of this untractable spirit — I mean their education. In no country perhaps...

...liberty than those to the northward. Such were all the ancient commonwealths ; such were our Gothic ancestors ; such, in our days, were the Poles, and...circumstance in our colonies, which contributes no mean part toward the growth and effect of this untractable spirit — I mean their education. In no country perhaps...

...liberty than those to the northward. Such were all the ancient commonwealths ; such were pur Gothic ancestors ; such, in our days, were the Poles, and...freedom, fortifies it, and renders it invincible, /r Permit me, sir, to add another circumstance} -* in our colonies, which contributes no mean part...

...Gothic ancestors ; such, in bur days, were the Poles, and such will be all masters of slaves, v/ho are not slaves themselves. In such a people the haughtiness...circumstance in our colonies, which contributes no mean part toward the growth and effect of this untractable spirit — I mean their education. In no country perhaps...

..."Freedom," said he, "is to them (the Virginians), not only an enjoyment, but a kind of rank and privilege In such a people the haughtiness of domination combines...freedom, fortifies it, and renders it invincible." The Virginians had no town meetings, no village democracies, no free municipal institutions like New...