 Nor was it uninteresting to the world, that an experiment should be fairly and fully made, whether freedom of discussion, unaided by power, is not sufficient for the propagation and protection of truth — whether a government, conducting itself in the...  The Echo: With Other Poems - Page 164by Richard Alsop, Theodore Dwight - 1807 - 331 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Great Britain - 1805 - 536 pages
...government, conducting itself in the true spirit of its constitution, with zeal and purity, and doing i r-> act which, it would be unwilling the whole world should witness, can be written down by falsehood and defamatiou ? The experiment has been tried. You have witnessed the scene. Our fellow citizens ha?e... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1807 - 1004 pages
...and the offenders have therefore been left to find their pa. nishment in the public indignation. Now, was it uninteresting to the world that an experiment...which it would be unwilling the whole world should witnpss,canbewrittendown by falsehood and defamation ? The experiment lias been tried. You have witnessed... | |
 | History - 1807 - 1012 pages
...government, conducting itself in the true spirit of its const!, tuiion, with zeal and purity, and d?ing no act which it would be unwilling the whole world...falsehood and defamation ? The experiment has been tried. You have witnessed tlie scene. Our fellow-citizens have looked on cool and collected. ч They siw the... | |
 | United States - 1819 - 512 pages
...publick servants, and the offenders have therefore been left to find their punishment in the publick indignation. Nor was it uninteresting to the world...falsehood and defamation — the experiment has been tried — you have witnessed the scene — our fellow citizens bare looked on, cool and collected — they... | |
 | Frances Wright - United States - 1821 - 880 pages
...whether freedom of discussion, unaided by power, " is not sufficient for the propagation and protec" tion of truth} whether a government, conducting " itself...should witness, " can be written down by falsehood and defamtu " tion. The experiment has been made : you have " witnessed the result. Our fellow-citizens... | |
 | Frances Wright - United States - 1821 - 548 pages
...freedom of discussion, unaided by power, «' is not sufficient for the propagation and protec'* tion of truth; whether a government, conducting " itself...should witness, «' can be written down by falsehood and.defaraa* " tion. The experiment has been made : you have *' witnessed the result. Our fellow-citizens... | |
 | Frances Wright - Scholars - 1821 - 410 pages
...protection of truth ; whether a govern" ment, conducting itself in the tme spirit of its constitu" tion, with zeal and purity, and doing no act which it "...falsehood and defamation. The " experiment has been made : you have witnessed the re" suit. Our fellow citizens have looked on cool and col" lected. They... | |
 | Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1827 - 528 pages
...might indeed have been corrected by the wholesome punishments reserved and provided by the laws of the several states against falsehood and defamation;...falsehood and defamation. The experiment has been tried; you have witnessed the scene; our fellow-citizens have looked on, cool and collected; they saw the... | |
 | Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1827 - 528 pages
...might indeed have been corrected by the wholesome punishments reserved and provided by the laws of the several states against falsehood and defamation...falsehood and defamation. The experiment has been tried; you have witnessed the scene ; our fellow-citizens have looked on, cool and collected; they saw the... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - Legislative journals - 1828 - 604 pages
...indeed, have been corrected by the wholesome punishments reserved to, and provided by, the laws of the several States against falsehood and defamation;...falsehood and defamation? The experiment has been tried. You have witnessed the scene. Our fellow-citizens looked on cool and collected. They saw the latent... | |
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