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Doubtless there are individuals on both sides who would not hold slaves under any circumstances , and others who would gladly introduce slavery anew if it were out of existence . We know that some Southern men do free their slaves ...
Doubtless there are individuals on both sides who would not hold slaves under any circumstances , and others who would gladly introduce slavery anew if it were out of existence . We know that some Southern men do free their slaves ...
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Already a few in the South claim the constitutional right to take and to hold slaves in the free States - demand the revival of the slave - trade - and demand a treaty with Great Britain by which fugitive slaves may be reclaimed from ...
Already a few in the South claim the constitutional right to take and to hold slaves in the free States - demand the revival of the slave - trade - and demand a treaty with Great Britain by which fugitive slaves may be reclaimed from ...
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and Mammon ; and who ever holds to the one must despise the other . When Pettit , in connection with his support of the Nebraska bill , called the Declaration of Independence " a self - evident lie , " he only did what consistency and ...
and Mammon ; and who ever holds to the one must despise the other . When Pettit , in connection with his support of the Nebraska bill , called the Declaration of Independence " a self - evident lie , " he only did what consistency and ...
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Get hold of some man in the North whose position and ability is such that he can make the support of your meas- ure , whatever it may be , a Democratic party necessity , and the thing is done . Apropos of this , let me tell you an anec- ...
Get hold of some man in the North whose position and ability is such that he can make the support of your meas- ure , whatever it may be , a Democratic party necessity , and the thing is done . Apropos of this , let me tell you an anec- ...
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But I suppose you will celebrate , and will even go so far as to read the Declaration . Suppose , after you read it once in the old - fashioned way , you read it once more with Judge Douglas's version . It will then run thus : " We hold ...
But I suppose you will celebrate , and will even go so far as to read the Declaration . Suppose , after you read it once in the old - fashioned way , you read it once more with Judge Douglas's version . It will then run thus : " We hold ...
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