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Page 83
... 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 Canada . As yet they are but few on ...
... 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 Canada . As yet they are but few on ...
Page 87
... Constitution in regard to your slaves . I confess I hate to see the poor creatures hunted down and caught and carried back to their stripes and unrequited toil ; but I bite my lips and keep quiet . In 1841 you and I had together a ...
... Constitution in regard to your slaves . I confess I hate to see the poor creatures hunted down and caught and carried back to their stripes and unrequited toil ; but I bite my lips and keep quiet . In 1841 you and I had together a ...
Page 88
... been bravely undeceived . That Kansas will form a slave constitution , and with it will ask to be admitted into the Union , I take to be already a settled question , and so settled by the very 88 LETTERS AND ADDRESSES.
... been bravely undeceived . That Kansas will form a slave constitution , and with it will ask to be admitted into the Union , I take to be already a settled question , and so settled by the very 88 LETTERS AND ADDRESSES.
Page 93
... Constitution . The Supreme Court of the United States is the tribunal to decide such a question , and we will submit to its decisions ; and if you do also , there will be an end of the matter . Will you ? If not , who are the ...
... Constitution . The Supreme Court of the United States is the tribunal to decide such a question , and we will submit to its decisions ; and if you do also , there will be an end of the matter . Will you ? If not , who are the ...
Page 94
... Constitution and the laws of moral authority , " for the whole party on belief , and for myself on knowledge , I pronounce the charge an unmixed and unmitigated falsehood . Our government rests in public opinion . Whoever can change ...
... Constitution and the laws of moral authority , " for the whole party on belief , and for myself on knowledge , I pronounce the charge an unmixed and unmitigated falsehood . Our government rests in public opinion . Whoever can change ...
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