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... slavery and every form of despotism . Put these together love for the slave , and a determination , a will , that justice , strong and unyielding , shall be done when he has the right to act and you can form your own conclusion ...
... slavery and every form of despotism . Put these together love for the slave , and a determination , a will , that justice , strong and unyielding , shall be done when he has the right to act and you can form your own conclusion ...
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... slaves and , strangely enough , it was for this very reason that its early settlers , though of Southern origin , chose it for a home . And so it remained , despite the effort made in 1822-3 , to change it to a Slave State Archer ...
... slaves and , strangely enough , it was for this very reason that its early settlers , though of Southern origin , chose it for a home . And so it remained , despite the effort made in 1822-3 , to change it to a Slave State Archer ...
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... slave labor , while others hated the negro either in freedom or slavery , and were decidedly averse to living with him as their equal before the law ; and they were almost unani- mously bitter in condemning any one suspected of favoring ...
... slave labor , while others hated the negro either in freedom or slavery , and were decidedly averse to living with him as their equal before the law ; and they were almost unani- mously bitter in condemning any one suspected of favoring ...
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... Slavery had become a question about which men in Illinois picked their words with care . So intense was the feeling that in March , 1837 one month before Lincoln entered the office of Stuart the Assembly passed a resolution expressing ...
... Slavery had become a question about which men in Illinois picked their words with care . So intense was the feeling that in March , 1837 one month before Lincoln entered the office of Stuart the Assembly passed a resolution expressing ...
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... slavery sentiments in his paper . Un- wisely , as many thought , he established his paper at Alton , Illinois , only twenty miles distant by steamer , with the result that a mob attacked his press and he was shot while defending it ...
... slavery sentiments in his paper . Un- wisely , as many thought , he established his paper at Alton , Illinois , only twenty miles distant by steamer , with the result that a mob attacked his press and he was shot while defending it ...
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Page 344 - DEAR MADAM : I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant-General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming.
Page 120 - Witch. WHEN shall we three meet again, In thunder, lightning, or in rain ? 2 Witch.
Page 344 - I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save. I pray that our heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.
Page 264 - Our fathers, when they framed the government under which we live, understood this question just as well, and even better than we do now.
Page 64 - When the white man governs himself that is self-government; but when he governs himself and also governs another man, that is more than self-government — that is despotism. If the negro is a man, why then my ancient faith teaches me that 'all men are created equal,' and that there can be no moral right in connection with one man's making a slave of another.
Page 232 - I am glad I made the late race. It gave me a hearing on the great and durable question of the age, which I could have had in no other way ; and though I now sink out of view, and shall be forgotten, I believe I have made some marks which will tell for the cause of civil liberty long after I am gone.
Page 78 - That sight was a continued torment to me, and I see something like it every time I touch the Ohio or any other slave border. It is not fair for you to assume that I have no interest in a thing which has, and continually exercises, the power of making me miserable.
Page 332 - I now leave, not knowing when or whether ever I may return, with a task before me greater than that which rested upon Washington. Without the assistance of that Divine Being who ever attended him, I cannot succeed. With that assistance, I cannot fail. Trusting in Him who can go with me, and remain with you, and be everywhere for good, let us confidently hope that all will yet be well. To His care commending you, as I hope in your prayers you will commend me, I bid you an affectionate farewell.
Page 171 - If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could better judge what to do, and how to do it.
Page 174 - ... gathered from the four winds, and formed and fought the battle through, under .the constant hot fire of a disciplined, proud and pampered enemy. Did we brave all then to falter now ? — now — when that same enemy is wavering, dissevered and belligerent? The result is not doubtful. We shall not fail — if we stand firm, we shall not fail. Wise counsels may accelerate or mistakes delay it, but, sooner or later, the victory is sure to come.