 Such a prohibition would be idle, as it respects any effect it would have upon the territory ; and I would not take pains uselessly to reaffirm an ordinance of nature, nor to reenact the will of God.  The Principles of Argumentation - Halaman 31oleh George Pierce Baker, Henry Barrett Huntington - 1905 - 677 halamanTampilan utuh - Tentang buku ini
 | Albert Bushnell Hart, John Gould Curtis - 1901 - 758 halaman
...prohibition would be idle, as it respects any effect it would have upon the territory ; and I would not take pains to reaffirm an ordinance of nature, nor to reenact the will of God. And I would put in no Wilmot proviso, for the purpose of a taunt or a reproach. I would put into it... | |
 | Richard N. Current - 1958 - 326 halaman
...unsuitable for the plantation system of the South. "I would not take pains," Webster declared, "uselessly to reaffirm an ordinance of nature, nor to re-enact the will of God." Stephen A. Douglas held the same belief when he proposed to stop the quarrel with his plan of "popular... | |
 | Horace Greeley - 1864 - 696 halaman
...idle, as it respects any effect it would have upon the Territory ; and I would not take pains uselessly to reaffirm an ordinance of nature, nor to reenact the will of God. I would put in no Wilmot Proviso for the mere purpose of a taunt or a reproach. I would put into it... | |
 | Maurice Glen Baxter - 1984 - 676 halaman
...concurred with Clay that there was no need to exercise it there. "I would not take pains uselessly to reaffirm an ordinance of nature, nor to reenact the will of God. I would put in no Wilmot Proviso for the mere purpose of a taunt or a reproach."2 He would also join... | |
 | Michael Rogin - 1985 - 374 halaman
...Free-Soilers, and he ridiculed the human effort to prohibit it there: "I would not take pains needlessly to reaffirm an ordinance of nature, nor to reenact the will of God." 98 Stretching nature to cover both Union and antislavery, Webster opened up the fissure between them.... | |
 | James M. McPherson - 1988 - 952 halaman
...South with the Proviso. Nature would exclude slavery from New Mexico. "I would not take pains uselessly to reaffirm an ordinance of nature, nor to re-enact the will of God. " As for disunion, Webster warned fireeaters that it could no more take place "without convulsion"... | |
 | Peter Moore, Tyler - 1999 - 638 halaman
...already determined that slavery could not go into the new territories, he would not "take pains uselessly to reaffirm an ordinance of nature, nor to reenact the will of God." By this Webster won the opprobrium of the antislavery forces and the bitterness of Whittier's "Ichabod,"... | |
 | Robert J. Scarry - 2001 - 440 halaman
...without a civil war and redress should be given to the South's legitimate grievances: "I would not take pains to reaffirm an ordinance of nature nor to re-enact the will of God. And I would put in no Wilmot Proviso for the purpose of a taunt or a reproach. I would put into it... | |
 | Ralph Volney Harlow - 1925 - 910 halaman
...climatic conditions made it impossible for them to raise the crops cultivated by slave labor. "I would not take pains to reaffirm an ordinance of nature, nor to reenact the will of God. And I would put in no Wilmot Provisr, for the purpose of a taunt or a reproach." With reference to... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 590 halaman
...prohibition would be idle, as it respects any effect it would have upon the territory ; and I would not take pains to reaffirm an ordinance of nature, nor to reenact the will of God. And I would put in no Wilmot proviso, for the purpose of a taunt or a reproach. I would put into it... | |
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