 | 1840 - 582 pages
...liberty commensurate with and inseparable from British soil ; which proclaims, even to the stranger and sojourner, the moment he sets his foot upon British...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
...in what disastrous battle his liberty may have been cloven down — no matter with what solem nities he may have been devoted upon the altar of slavery...stands redeemed, regenerated, and disenthralled, by their resistable genins of UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION.' The concluding passage of this speech, of which... | |
 | Moses Severance - Readers - 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.... | |
 | Richard Robert Madden - 1842 - 328 pages
...— "I speak in the spirit of British law, which makes liberty commensurate with and inseparable from British soil ; which proclaims even to the stranger...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... | |
 | Books - 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,... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Readers - 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.... | |
 | Julius Rubens Ames, Benjamin Lundy - Slavery - 1843 - 598 pages
...solemnities he may have been devoted upon the altar of slavery ; the first moment he touches the saered soil of Britain, the altar and the god sink together...the irresistible Genius of UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION. HENRY GRATTAN. Liberty — and is this subject a matter of indifferenee? — Liberty, which, like the... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 pages
...Britain, the altar and the god sink together in the dust ; his soul walks abroad in her own majesty ; Lis body swells beyond the measure of his chains that...Curran was interrupted by a sudden burst of applause from the court and hall. After some time, silence was restored by the authority of Lord Clonmell, who... | |
 | Slavery - 1843 - 404 pages
...Britain, the altar and the god sink together in the dust ; his soul walks abroad in her own majesty; hia body swells beyond the measure of his chains, that...the irresistible Genius of UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION. HENRY GRATTAN. Liberty— and is this subject a matter of indifference? — Liberty, which, like the... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1844 - 318 pages
...had a right to demand it — giving, I say, in the so much censured words of this paper, " UNIVEKSAL EMANCIPATION !" I speak in the spirit of the British...Curran was interrupted by a sudden burst of applause from the court and hall. After some time, silence was restored by the authority of Lord Clonmell, who... | |
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No matter in what language his doom may have been pronounced ; — no matter what complexion incompatible with freedom, an Indian or an African sun may have burnt upon him ; — no matter in what disastrous battle his liberty may have been cloven down... 
