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... Declaration of Independence , so to the sup- port of the Constitution and laws let every American pledge his life , his property , and his sacred honor - let every man remember that to violate the law is to trample on the blood of his ...
... Declaration of Independence , so to the sup- port of the Constitution and laws let every American pledge his life , his property , and his sacred honor - let every man remember that to violate the law is to trample on the blood of his ...
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... declare the Missouri Compromise inoperative and void ; and , sub- stantially , that the people who go and settle there may ... Declaration of Independence , and insist- ing that there is no right principle of action but self - interest ...
... declare the Missouri Compromise inoperative and void ; and , sub- stantially , that the people who go and settle there may ... Declaration of Independence , and insist- ing that there is no right principle of action but self - interest ...
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... Declaration of Independence , repeal all past history , you still cannot repeal human nature . It still will be the abundance of man's heart that slavery ex- tension is wrong , and out of the abundance of his heart his mouth will ...
... Declaration of Independence , repeal all past history , you still cannot repeal human nature . It still will be the abundance of man's heart that slavery ex- tension is wrong , and out of the abundance of his heart his mouth will ...
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... Declaration of Independence " a self - evident lie , " he only did what consistency and can- dor require all other Nebraska men to do . Of the forty- odd Nebraska senators who sat present and heard him , no one rebuked him . Nor am I ...
... Declaration of Independence " a self - evident lie , " he only did what consistency and can- dor require all other Nebraska men to do . Of the forty- odd Nebraska senators who sat present and heard him , no one rebuked him . Nor am I ...
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... Declaration of Independence was held sacred by all , and thought to include all ; but now , to aid in making the bondage of the negro universal and eternal , it is assailed and sneered at and construed , and hawked at and torn , till ...
... Declaration of Independence was held sacred by all , and thought to include all ; but now , to aid in making the bondage of the negro universal and eternal , it is assailed and sneered at and construed , and hawked at and torn , till ...
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