 | William Kennedy - 1841 - Страниц: 446
...a man-slayer, and a land-robber, they take no thought of the spirit which has impelled him onward, the qualities he is constrained to display, and the social ameliorations of which he is the pioneer. He loves the wilderness for the independence it confers — for the sovereignty which it enables him... | |
 | 1851 - Страниц: 540
...the colony. The gun is the only law the black fears: the only power that deters him from murder and plunder; and the only available administrator of punishment...the social ameliorations of which he is the pioneer. He loves the wilderness for the independence it confers — for the sovereignty which it enables him... | |
 | John Hill Burton - 1852 - Страниц: 324
...him from murder and plunder; and the only available administrator of punishment for his oflences." " Those who denounce the squatter as a murderer and...the social ameliorations of which he is the pioneer. He loves the wilderness for the independence it confers — for the sovereignty which it enables him... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1841 - Страниц: 564
...as a man-slayer and a land-robber, they take no thought of the spirit which has impelled him onward, ӛ ~˃C? 'Cw?yY V - 겧 >s\ 4k ^ { | n<u C o J ֓cv . {rL o| | He loves the wilderness for the independence it confers — for the sovereignty which it enables him... | |
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Under these circumstances, it is evident that the same law cannot be justly and equally administered to the two races, who are continually thrown into hostile contact on the frontiers of the colony. The gun is the only law the black fears: the only power... 