The Friend of Peace, Volume 2Joseph T. Buckingham, 1821 Includes the 1st-12th annual reports of the Massachusetts Peace Society. |
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... reproached the British nation for their inhuman conquests and ravages in the East Indies ; but how blind have we been to our own barbarity in destroying the natives of this country ! As the English employ their time of peace with other ...
... reproached the British nation for their inhuman conquests and ravages in the East Indies ; but how blind have we been to our own barbarity in destroying the natives of this country ! As the English employ their time of peace with other ...
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... reproach the Indians for their revengeful and savage modes of warfare . But do our generals " know what manner of spirit they are of ? " Probably they do not , any more than the British gener- als did when they exposed themselves to the ...
... reproach the Indians for their revengeful and savage modes of warfare . But do our generals " know what manner of spirit they are of ? " Probably they do not , any more than the British gener- als did when they exposed themselves to the ...
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... reproach the devil as the inventor . But if it could be shown that he was the inventor , this would not prove him to be a more depraved being than those who voluntarily make war , and employ his in- vention for murdering their own ...
... reproach the devil as the inventor . But if it could be shown that he was the inventor , this would not prove him to be a more depraved being than those who voluntarily make war , and employ his in- vention for murdering their own ...
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... reproach to a Christian peo- ple ? and whether these laws are not , to the extent of their operation , perfectly inconsistent with the rights of man ? Ought not our free citizens unitedly to raise their voices and demand a repeal or ...
... reproach to a Christian peo- ple ? and whether these laws are not , to the extent of their operation , perfectly inconsistent with the rights of man ? Ought not our free citizens unitedly to raise their voices and demand a repeal or ...
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... reproach to the nation that our soldiers should be so much more savage than the Indians ? But what better can be expected of men who are trained up to barbarity and bloodshed ? When compared with our soldiers , how magnanimous does the ...
... reproach to the nation that our soldiers should be so much more savage than the Indians ? But what better can be expected of men who are trained up to barbarity and bloodshed ? When compared with our soldiers , how magnanimous does the ...
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Page 17 - Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?
Page 33 - It was but a very few years ago that this territory wore the most pleasing appearance. The Country was cultivated, the peasant looked cheerful, and the towns abounded with riches and festivity. "What an alteration at present from such a charming scene ! I am not expert at description, nor can my fancy add any horrors to the picture; but sure even conquerors themselves would weep at the hideous prospect now before me.
Page 40 - But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
Page 28 - And all merchant and trading vessels employed in exchanging the products of different places, and thereby rendering the necessaries, conveniences and comforts of human life more easy to be obtained, and more general, shall be allowed to pass free and unmolested, and neither of the contracting powers shall grant or issue any commission to any private armed vessels empowering them to take or destroy such trading vessels, or interrupt such commerce.
Page 32 - Mecklenburg with desolation. I know, Sire, that it seems unbecoming my sex, in this age of vicious refinement, to feel for one's country, to lament the horrors of war, or wish for the return of peace. I know you may think it more properly my province to study the...
Page 7 - This was the first blood spilt in that fatal quarrel, which was not finished in less than a course of thirty years ; which was signalized by twelve pitched battles ; which opened a scene of extraordinary fierceness and cruelty ; is computed to have cost the lives of eighty princes of the blood ; and almost entirely annihilated the ancient nobility of England...
Page 36 - I will be very frank with you. I was the last to consent to the separation; but the separation having been made, and having become inevitable, I have always said, as I say now, that I would be the first to meet the friendship of the United States as an independent power.
Page 36 - ... between people who, though separated by an ocean, and under different governments, have the same language, a similar religion, and kindred blood. I beg your majesty's permission to add, that although I have sometimes before been entrusted by my country, it was never, in my whole life, in a manner so agreeable to myself.
Page 36 - Sir, the circumstances of this audience are so extraordinary, the language you have now held is so extremely proper, and the feelings you have discovered so justly adapted to the occasion, that I must say, that I not only receive with pleasure the assurance of the friendly disposition of the United States, but that I am very glad the choice has fallen upon you to be their minister.