 The soul sickens in the contemplation of this legalized outrage. In the dreary annals of the Past there are many acts of shame, — there are ordinances of monarchs, and laws, which have become a byword and a hissing to the nations. But •when we consider...  The Life of Charles Sumner: The Scholar in Politics - Page 205by Archibald Henry Grimké - 1892 - 415 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Sumner - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1850 - 494 pages
...but if he saves him, his fee is five dollars. But I will not pursue these details. The soul sickens in the contemplation of this legalized outrage. In...ordinances of monarchs, and laws, which have become a bye-word and a hissing to the nations. But, when we consider the country and the age, I ask fearlessly,... | |
 | George Washington Bungay - United States - 1854 - 508 pages
...as some of his addresses, but it is the most graphic and eloquent he has uttered. "The soul sickens in the contemplation of this legalized outrage. In...atrocity with this enactment of an American Congress? ['None.'] I do not forget Appius Claudius, the tyrant Decemvir of ancient Rome, condemning Virginia... | |
 | Albert Taylor Bledsoe - History - 1856 - 446 pages
...rage. They only seem to increase the intensity and the fury of his wrath. "The soul sickens," he cries, "in the contemplation of this legalized outrage. In...the past there are many acts of shame — there are many ordinances of monarchs, and laws which have become a byword and a hissing to the nations. But... | |
 | Albert Taylor Bledsoe - History - 1856 - 384 pages
...rage. They only seem to increase the intensity and the fury of his wrath. "The soul sickens," he cries, "in the contemplation of this legalized outrage. In...the past there are many acts of shame — there are many ordinances of monarchs, and laws which have become a byword and a hissing to the nations. But... | |
 | Albert Taylor Bledsoe - Fugitive slave law of 1850 - 1856 - 396 pages
...rage. They only seem to increase the intensity and the fury of his wrath. "The soul sickens," he cries, "in the contemplation of this legalized outrage. In...the past there are many acts of shame — there are many ordinances of monarchs, and laws which have become a byword and a hissing to the nations. But... | |
 | E. N. Elliott - Fugitive slave law of 1850 - 1860 - 1310 pages
...fury of his wrath. "The soul jiickgnSj^Mie cries, "in the contemplation of this legalized ontragg. In the dreary annals • of the past there are many acts of shame — there are many ordinances of inonarchs, and laws which have become a byword and a Kissing to the nations. But... | |
 | E. N. Elliott, David Christy, Albert Taylor Bledsoe, Thornton Stringfellow, Robert Goodloe Harper, James Henry Hammond, Samuel Adolphus Cartwright, Charles Hodge - Citizenship - 1860 - 934 pages
...increase the intensity and the fury of his wrath. "The soul sickens," he cries, "in the'contemplation of this legalized outrage. In the dreary annals of the past there arc many acts of shame—there are many ordinances of monarchs, and laws which have become a byword... | |
 | Charles Sumner - Slavery - 1870 - 462 pages
...his fee is five dollars. [" SJtmnc ! shame!"] But I will not pursue these details. The soul sickens in the contemplation of this legalized outrage. In...atrocity with this enactment of an American Congress ? [" None ! "] I do not forget Appius Claudius, tyrant Decemvir of ancient Eome, condemning Virginia... | |
 | Charles Edwards Lester - Abolitionists - 1874 - 644 pages
...secure this safeguard. XV. He could not withhold the following burst of indignation : The soul sickens in the contemplation of this legalized outrage. In...ordinances of monarchs, and laws, which have become a bye-word and a hissing to the nations. But, when we consider the country and the age, I ask fearlessly,... | |
 | Charles Sumner - Slavery - 1875 - 454 pages
...his fee is five dollars. [" Shame ! shame ! "] But I will not pursue these details. The soul sickens in the contemplation of this legalized outrage. In...become a byword and a hissing to the nations. But when loe consider the country and the age, I ask fearlessly, Avhat act of shame, what ordinance of monarch,... | |
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