| 1855 - 778 páginas
...presented a singular contrast with the wellknown saying of the sage of Monticello, "that some were born with saddles on their backs, and others booted and spurred to ride them;" and observation would incline us to decide thpt there was more truth and less romance in the latter... | |
| James Watson Webb - 1856 - 112 páginas
...are not born entitled to equal rights. It would be far nearer the truth to say, that ' some were born with saddles on their backs, and others booted and spurred to ride them' — and the riding does them good. ' They need the reins, the bit, and the spur.' ' Life and 56 liberty... | |
| Sir William Howard Russell - 1861 - 1100 páginas
...are not boru entitled to equal rights. It would be far nearer the truth to say that some were born with saddles on their backs, and others booted and spurred to ride them — and the riding does them good. They need the whip, the reins, the spur. * « » Ljfe and liberty... | |
| George Washington Julian - 1872 - 508 páginas
...hereditary system of government." They teach that " capital should own labor," and that " some men are born with saddles on their backs, and others booted and spurred to ride them by the grace of God." In the language of a distinguished rebel Senator, they " would spread the blessings... | |
| 1880 - 236 páginas
...our country. The easy a pauper banditti." "Men are not born entitled to equal rights : some are born with saddles on their backs, and others booted and spurred to ride them, and the riding does them good;" "they need the rein, the bit, and the spur ;" "slavery, WHITE or black,... | |
| Republican Congressional Committee - 1880 - 240 páginas
...made white laborers a pauper banditti. " "Men are not born entitled to equal rights : some are born with saddles on their backs, and others booted and spurred to ride them, and the riding does them good;" "they need the rein, the bit, and the spur ;"" slavery, WHITE or black,... | |
| 1908 - 618 páginas
...equal rights and privileges of both employer and employe, for it is not true that some ' 'are born with saddles on their backs, and others booted and spurred to ride them." To secure the necessary legislation representatives must be elected who, in addition to honest and... | |
| David P. Ellerman - 1995 - 296 páginas
...but blunt language of George Fitzhugh. It would be far nearer the truth to say, "that some were born with saddles on their backs, and others booted and spurred to ride them."6 This needlessly abrasive (and illiberal) formulation of the insight should be recast in terms... | |
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