 We are reduced to the alternative of choosing an unconditional submission to the tyranny of irritated ministers, or resistance by force. The latter is our choice. We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery.  Universal history, ancient and modern - Page 244by William Fordyce Mavor - 1806Full view - About this book
 | John Wingate Thornton - United States - 1860 - 558 pages
...to be slaves, would have been fit instruments to make slaves of the rest "of the nation. — Pitt. "We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery." — Dec. of Congress, July 6, 1775. — ED. every man may enjoy his property, and pursue his honest... | |
 | GEORGE BANCROFT - 1860 - 488 pages
...unconditional submission to irritated ministers, or resistance by force. The latter is our choice. We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery. Our cause is just, our union is perfect, our internal resources are great, and, if necessary, foreign... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1860 - 668 pages
...king, and conciliatory addresses to the people of Great Britain. At the same time they said firmly, " We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery." . They did not foolishly lose present advantages in waiting for a reply, but pressed forward in the... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1860 - 388 pages
...out to Great Britain a loyal, open hand of reconciliation.7 At the same time, they said, firmly, " We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful' as voluntary slavery." They did not foolishly lose present advantages in waiting for a reply, but pressed forward in the work... | |
 | John Wingate Thornton - United States - 1860 - 556 pages
...to be slaves, would have been fit instruments to make slaves of the rest "of the nation. — Pitt. "We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery." — Dec. of Congress, July 6, 1775. — ED. 2 Perhaps the preacher here caught the eye of a Hutchinson... | |
 | Presbyterian church in the U.S.A. - 1863 - 712 pages
...submission to the tyranny of irritated ministers, or resistance by force. The latter is our choice. We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery. Honor, justice, and humanity forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1865 - 388 pages
...body offered to Great Britain the hand of reconciliation, at the same time saying, with firmness, " We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery." They voted to raise an army of twenty thousand men ; and, on the 15th of June [1775], they chose George... | |
 | GEORGE BANCROFT - 1868 - 490 pages
...unconditional submission to irritated ministers, or resistance by force. The latter is our choice. We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery. Our cause is just, our union is perfect, our internal resources are great, and, if necessary, foreign... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1870 - 400 pages
...body offered to Great Britain the hand of reconciliation, at the same time saying, with firmness, " We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery." They voted to raise an army of twenty thousand men; and, on the 15th of June [1775], they chose George... | |
 | Henry Stephens Randall - United States - 1871 - 704 pages
...submission to the tyranny of irritable ministers, or resistance by force. The latter is our choice. ^e have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful us voluntary •lnvery. Honor, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom •hich... | |
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