Speeches on Political Questions [1850-1868] |
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... liberty a secret , " lest we should give offense to the immaculate institution of the South . Of other institutions of society we may speak with the utmost freedom . We may talk of Northern labor and Northern pauperism . We may advocate ...
... liberty a secret , " lest we should give offense to the immaculate institution of the South . Of other institutions of society we may speak with the utmost freedom . We may talk of Northern labor and Northern pauperism . We may advocate ...
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... but for the subversion of liberty , and the destruction of " the rights of human nature , " by the indefinite extension over free lands of that " " system of bondage which the very soul of Jefferson abhorred THE SLAVERY QUESTION .
... but for the subversion of liberty , and the destruction of " the rights of human nature , " by the indefinite extension over free lands of that " " system of bondage which the very soul of Jefferson abhorred THE SLAVERY QUESTION .
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... liberty . But our slaveholding brethren have discovered that this supposed safeguard of freedom is , in fact , an engine of mischief . It is the dreaded instrument by which this Union is to be broken into fragments . How we should get ...
... liberty . But our slaveholding brethren have discovered that this supposed safeguard of freedom is , in fact , an engine of mischief . It is the dreaded instrument by which this Union is to be broken into fragments . How we should get ...
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... liberty as justifiable as police regu- lations in behalf of slavery ? As regards the enticement of slaves from their masters , the number of such cases is small . Neither the States , nor the mass of their citizens , are accountable ...
... liberty as justifiable as police regu- lations in behalf of slavery ? As regards the enticement of slaves from their masters , the number of such cases is small . Neither the States , nor the mass of their citizens , are accountable ...
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... liberty for which our fathers poured out their blood , do you imagine we shall drop . our work and join in the chase with his Christless pursuers ? Sir , there is no power on earth that can induce us thus to take sides with the ...
... liberty for which our fathers poured out their blood , do you imagine we shall drop . our work and join in the chase with his Christless pursuers ? Sir , there is no power on earth that can induce us thus to take sides with the ...
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