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Page 79
... equal of the hog ? Why ask us to do what you will not do yourselves ? Why ask us to do for nothing what two hundred millions of dollars could not induce you to do ? But one great argument in support of the repeal of the Missouri ...
... equal of the hog ? Why ask us to do what you will not do yourselves ? Why ask us to do for nothing what two hundred millions of dollars could not induce you to do ? But one great argument in support of the repeal of the Missouri ...
Page 80
... equal , " and that there can be no moral right in connection with one man's making a slave of another . Judge Douglas frequently , with bitter irony and sarcasm , paraphrases our argument by saying : " The white people of Nebraska are ...
... equal , " and that there can be no moral right in connection with one man's making a slave of another . Judge Douglas frequently , with bitter irony and sarcasm , paraphrases our argument by saying : " The white people of Nebraska are ...
Page 83
... equal ; but now from that beginning we have run down to the other declaration , that for some men to enslave others is a " sacred right of self - government . " These prin- ciples cannot stand together . They are as opposite as God and ...
... equal ; but now from that beginning we have run down to the other declaration , that for some men to enslave others is a " sacred right of self - government . " These prin- ciples cannot stand together . They are as opposite as God and ...
Page 86
... equal " a self - evident truth , but now when we have grown fat , and have lost all dread of being slaves ourselves , we have be- come so greedy to be masters that we call the same maxim " a self - evident lie . " The Fourth of July has ...
... equal " a self - evident truth , but now when we have grown fat , and have lost all dread of being slaves ourselves , we have be- come so greedy to be masters that we call the same maxim " a self - evident lie . " The Fourth of July has ...
Page 91
... equal . " We now practically read it " all men are created equal , except negroes . " When the Know - nothings get control , it will read " all men are created equal except negroes and foreigners and Catholics . " When it comes to this ...
... equal . " We now practically read it " all men are created equal , except negroes . " When the Know - nothings get control , it will read " all men are created equal except negroes and foreigners and Catholics . " When it comes to this ...
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