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Charles Congdon, Tribune Essays: Leading Articles Contributing to the New York Tribune from 1857 to 1863. (ed. Horace Greeley), The Slaveholding Utopia. (search)
ut if we are deceived, then the best thinkers in the world, since the promulgation of Christianity, have been deceived also. This we are aware is not the place for voluminous or elaborate citation; but we venture to refer to a writer so well known, and so little likely to be carried away by his emotions, as Dr. Paley, who says, Christianity has triumphed over Slavery established in the Roman Empire, and I trust will one day prevail against the worse Slavery of the West Indies. So, too, Dr. Priestly: Christianity has bettered the state of the world in a civil and political respect, giving men a just idea of their mutual relations, and thereby gradually abolishing Slavery with the servile ideas which introduced it, and also many cruel and barbarous customs. So, too, Dr. Robertson: It is not the authority of any single, detached precept in the Gospel, but the spirit and genius of the Christian religion, more powerful than any particular command, which will abolish Slavery throughout t
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), C. (search)
he wedges, the pins in the open center of the latter preventing their falling out. Caoutchouc. Commonly called gum-elastic or india-rubber. A substance derived from the sap of various trees, of which the Jatropha elastica, called by the natives hevee, flourishing in the plains of Brazil, toward the lower part of the Amazon River, is the principal source of production. It was first brought to Europe in the early part of the eighteenth century, and fifty years later was mentioned by Dr. Priestly as a substance excellently adapted for removing pencil-marks from paper. Crumb of bread had previously been employed for this purpose. The sap, obtained by tapping the trees, is dried over a fire, which gives it the dark appearance observable in the rubber of commerce. For many years its various adaptabilities seemed unperceived, but in 1791 Samuel Peal obtained a patent for water-proofing fabrics by means of this gum dissolved in spirits of turpentine; though this does not seem to h
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), O. (search)
See also calcium-light; Drummond-light; oxyhydrogen light. Ox-y-ge-na′tor. A contrivance for throwing a stream of oxygen into the flame of a lamp. Oxycalcium-light. Ox′y-gengas Appara′tus. Oxygen gas was first discovered by Dr. Priestly August 1, 1774. Scheele and Lavoisier appear to have made the discovery independently very shortly afterward. Dr. Priestly first obtained the gas by heating red precipitate (red oxide of mercury, HgO) to a temperature of 752° Fah., by whicDr. Priestly first obtained the gas by heating red precipitate (red oxide of mercury, HgO) to a temperature of 752° Fah., by which the oxygen is expelled from this compund. Lavoisier verified the result by boiling mercury in a given quantity of air, thus forming red precipitate. Scheele obtained oxygen while engaged in experimenting upon some of the ores of manganese. It may be readily obtained by heating chlorate of potash, mixed with 1/3 or 1/4 its weight of black oxide of manganese, in a glass vessel to a temperature of 450° or 500° Fah., and collecting over a water-bath. This process is, however, rather expen
Wendell Phillips, Theodore C. Pease, Speeches, Lectures and Letters of Wendell Phillips: Volume 2, Theodore Parker (1860). (search)
should be safe, they ought to hate him? The Apostle of Music Hall. That is enough. When some Americans die — when most Americans die — their friends tire the public with excuses. They confess this spot, they explain that stain, they plead circumstances as the half justification of that mistake, and they beg of us to remember that nothing but good is to be spoken of the dead. .We need no such mantle for that green grave under the sky of Florence,--no excuses, no explanations, no spot. Priestly malice has scanned every inch of his garment,--it was seamless; it could find no stain. History, as in the case of every other of her beloved children, gathers into her bosom the arrows which malice had shot at him, and says to posterity, Behold the title-deeds of your gratitude! We ask no moment to excuse, there is nothing to explain. What the snarling journal thought bold, what the selfish politician feared as his ruin,--it was God's seal set upon his apostleship. The little libel gl
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 51: (search)
njustly he suffered. The reply of Dunning, who was very ill and was fatigued by standing so long, On this hearing, besides the newspaper reports of the day, the accounts by witnesses are: The pamphlet of Mauduit and Wedderburn; Franklin's Report as Agent to his Constituents; Account left by Franklin; Edmund Burke as Agent of New-York to his Constituents, Feb. 1774; Same to Rockingham; Same to Charles Lee; Dartmouth to Hutchinson; Arthur Lee to Samuel Adams, 31 January, 1774; Letter of Priestly, 10 Nov. 1802; Observations of Edward Bancroft. could scarcely be heard; and that of Lee produced no impression. There was but one place in England where fit reparation could be made; and there was but one man who had the eloquence and the courage and the weight of character to effect the atonement. For the present, Franklin must rely on the approval of the monitor within his own breast. I have never been so sensible of the power of a good conscience, said he to Priestley; for if I had n
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 20., Notes Epistolary and Horticultural. (search)
r. Swan's garden. The above is a portion of what Caleb Swan sent for confirmation to two well-known residents of Medford, desiring their opinion on the subject. We give the replies he received; then another note of Mr. Swan's, evidently a copy of his acknowledgment of their receipt. The Rev. Wm. Wells left England for this country in the year 1793 or 4, disgusted with the civil and religious persecution of that time, which resulted in the riots of Birmingham and the mobbing of Dr. Priestly, a friend of Mr. Wells, who also came to this country. Mr. Wells brought with him a wife and eight children, five sons, Wm., Eben, Hancox, Alfred and Howard, and three daughters, Martha, Mary Ann and Hannah. He thought that this new country afforded a better prospect for the eligible settlement of his numerous family, than the old world offered. He came here with letters of introduction to the Rev. Dr. Morse of Charlestown, and his family lived in this town Medford the first year aft
The Daily Dispatch: December 20, 1860., [Electronic resource], Secession movement at the South. (search)
harleston meant to intrude. He did not think there were ten men in Charleston who would not sacrifice their curiosity and strangle their desire to see for the benefit of their State. Mr. Richards thought neither friend nor foe should know what transpired inside of the hall. Mr. Middleton thought then they ought to close the doors and erect barricades. The whole matter was then referred to the Charleston delegation. The President was authorized to admit reporters. Mr. Priestly offered to amend the alphabetical list of resolutions, by adding "and occupation of members." The amendment was withdrawn. The sixth resolution was lost. Some unimportant debate followed about adopting the rules of previous State Conventions. Mr. Wardlow called for the reading of the address of the Georgia Legislature. Mr. Middleton.--This is not a communication from the Legislature of Georgia, but merely from sundry persons calling themselves members of the Legislatur