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Page 152
... slavery in the House of Repre- sentatives . A few without titions were presented by Mr. Adams much notice ; but as the pe- attracting the Southern representatives multiplied , became known 153 aroused . They assailed Mr. Adams for HERO ...
... slavery in the House of Repre- sentatives . A few without titions were presented by Mr. Adams much notice ; but as the pe- attracting the Southern representatives multiplied , became known 153 aroused . They assailed Mr. Adams for HERO ...
Page 153
... slavery . With the wisdom of a states- man and a man of affairs , Mr. Adams addressed himself to the one practical point of the contest . He did not enter upon a discussion of slavery or of its abolition , but turned his whole force ...
... slavery . With the wisdom of a states- man and a man of affairs , Mr. Adams addressed himself to the one practical point of the contest . He did not enter upon a discussion of slavery or of its abolition , but turned his whole force ...
Page 154
... slavery should not be pray When he closed his speech , which petition itself abolished . was quite as infinitely savag abler , no e as any made against him , and one desired to reply , and the idea of censuring him was dropped . The ...
... slavery should not be pray When he closed his speech , which petition itself abolished . was quite as infinitely savag abler , no e as any made against him , and one desired to reply , and the idea of censuring him was dropped . The ...
Page 157
... slavery . No more memorable fight has ever been made by one man in a parliamentary body , and after this decisive struggle the tide began to turn . Every year Mr. Adams renewed his motion to strike out the gag rule , and forced it to a ...
... slavery . No more memorable fight has ever been made by one man in a parliamentary body , and after this decisive struggle the tide began to turn . Every year Mr. Adams renewed his motion to strike out the gag rule , and forced it to a ...
Page 162
... slaves of sin ; These labors , too , with loving grace he told . то Halting with feeble step , or bending o'er A The swee -breathed roses which he loved so well , hile through long years his burdening cross he bore , From those firm ...
... slaves of sin ; These labors , too , with loving grace he told . то Halting with feeble step , or bending o'er A The swee -breathed roses which he loved so well , hile through long years his burdening cross he bore , From those firm ...
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