...warned of the existence of a spirit of resistance among their subjects ? " What signify," he asks, " a few lives lost in a century or two ? The tree of...time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." 1 The idea of adherence to the principle of the social contract finds a less violent expression in...

...for each state. What country ever existed a century and a half without a rebellion ? What signifies a few lives lost in a century or two ? The tree of...time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." And finally he referred to the Constitution "as a kite sent up to keep the henyard in order." Afterwards...

...not warned from time to time that this people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two?...tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time by the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure. I am convinced that those societies...

...* * God forbid that we should ever be twenty years without such a rébellion. What signifies a tew lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must bo refreshed from time со time with the blood of patriot« cind tyrants. It is its natural manure....

...resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon & pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two?...refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants. It is it's natural manure. Our Convention has been too much impressed by the insurrection...

...resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two?...of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure. Our convention has been too much impressed by the insurrection of Massachusetts; and on the spur of...

...resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two?...of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure. Our convention has been too much impressed by the insurrection of Massachusetts; and on the spur of...

...announcement of independence. It would bring upon America a fierce war, but Jefferson believed that " the tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants !" He liked " a little rebellion now and then." Again, though no strong system of government was yet...

...resistance ? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two...of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure. THIS uneasiness has produced acts entirely unjustifiable, but I hope they will provoke no severities...

...nothing but praise. "God forbid," he said, "that we should be twenty years without a rebellion. . . . The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to...of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure." From this sprightly and vivacious doctrine he excepted himself; when Tarleton and his raiders came...