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" It is a shameful and unblessed thing, to take the scum of people, and wicked condemned men, to be the people with whom you plant; and not only so, but it spoileth the plantation ; for they will ever live like rogues, and not fall to work, but be lazy,... "
The Works of Lord Bacon: With an Introductory Essay - Page 286
by Francis Bacon - 1838
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The History of the United States of North America, Till the ..., Volume 1

James Grahame - United States - 1833 - 576 pages
...unblessed thing to take the scum of the people, and wicked condemned men, to be the people with whom we plant : and not only so, but it spoileth the plantation...but be lazy, and do mischief, and spend victuals." 1-3 BOOK stock of every thing requisite for defence or cultivaL tione. leio. This nobleman, who now...
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Colonization: Particularly in Southern Australia: with Some Remarks on Small ...

Charles James Napier - Aboriginal Australians - 1835 - 312 pages
...sent among them, which Lord Bacon so justly terms " an unblessed thing" to do. " It is" says he, " a shameful and unblessed thing to take the scum of...condemned men to be the people with whom you plant" —" who" he adds, " will ever live like rogues, and " be lazy, and do mischief, and spend victuals"—...
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The History of the United States of North America, from the ..., Volume 1

James Grahame - United States - 1836 - 488 pages
...unblessed thing to take the scum ot the people, and wicked condemned men, to be the people with whom we plant : and not only so, but it spoileth the plantation...but be lazy, and do mischief, and spend victuals." BOOK gether, and addressed them in a short but judicious and impressive harangue. He rebuked the folly,...
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British Colonization and Coloured Tribes

Saxe Bannister - Colonization - 1838 - 344 pages
...displanted to the end to plant in others ; for else it is rather an extirpation than a plantation. It is a shameful and unblessed thing to take the scum...condemned men, to be the people with whom you plant. If you plant where savages are, do not only entertain them with trifles and gingles, but use them justly...
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Essays; or, Counsels civil and moral, and the two books Of the proficience ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 pages
...profit is not to be neglected, as far as may stand with the good of the plantation, but no further. It is a shameful and unblessed thing to take the scum...and be quickly weary, and then certify over to their country to the discredit of the plantation. The people wherewith you plant ought to be gardeners, ploughmen,...
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The natural history of society in the barbarous and civilized state

William Cooke Taylor - 1840 - 800 pages
...conviction of the impolicy as well as the immorality of such colonization. " It is," said that great man, " a shameful and unblessed thing to take the scum of...and be quickly weary, and then certify over to their country to the discredit of the plantation."* To colonists of such description, Lord Bacon has indeed...
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Substance of a Speech on Transportation, Delivered in the House of Lords on ...

Richard Whately - Penal colonies - 1840 - 128 pages
...DELIVERED IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS, ON THE 19TH OF MAY, 1840, RICHARD WHATELY, DD ARCHBISHOP OF DUBLIN. 'It is a shameful and unblessed thing to take the...wicked condemned men, to be the people with whom you plant."—LORD BACON. LONDON: B. FELLOWES, LUDGATE STREET. 1840. LONDON: R. CLAY, PRINTER, BREAD STREET...
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The Natural History of Society in the Barbarous and Civilized ..., Volume 2

William Cooke Taylor - Civilization - 1841 - 348 pages
...tion of the impolicy as well as the immorality of such colonization. " It is," said that great man, " a shameful and unblessed thing to take the scum of...and be quickly weary, and then certify over to their country to the discredit of the plantation."* To colonists of such description, Lord Bacon has indeed...
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The Southern literary messenger, Volume 13

1847 - 784 pages
...says :— "It is a shameful and unblessed thing to take the scum of people, wicked, condemned men, with whom you plant and not only so, but it spoileth...and not fall to work, but be lazy and do mischief, spend victuals and be quickly weary." Immediately upon Smith's departure, the Indians renewed their...
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The Southern and Western Literary Messenger and Review, Volume 13

1847 - 814 pages
...says : — "It is a shameful and unblessed thing to take the scum of people, wicked, condemned men, with whom you plant and not only so, but it spoileth...and not fall to work, but be lazy and do mischief, spend victuals and be quickly weary." Immediately upon Smith's departure, the Indians renewed their...
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