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Page 76
... existence . We know that some Southern men do free their slaves , go North and be- come tip - top Abolitionists , while some Northern ones go South and become most cruel slave - masters . When Southern people tell us they are no more ...
... existence . We know that some Southern men do free their slaves , go North and be- come tip - top Abolitionists , while some Northern ones go South and become most cruel slave - masters . When Southern people tell us they are no more ...
Page 114
... existence . It was a sort of necessity . We had gone through our struggle , and secured our own independence . The framers of the Constitution found the institution of slavery amongst their other institutions at the time . They found ...
... existence . It was a sort of necessity . We had gone through our struggle , and secured our own independence . The framers of the Constitution found the institution of slavery amongst their other institutions at the time . They found ...
Page 118
... slave State admitted into the Union ; but I must add , that if slavery shall be kept out of the Territories during the territorial existence of any one given Territory , and then the people shall , 118 LETTERS AND ADDRESSES.
... slave State admitted into the Union ; but I must add , that if slavery shall be kept out of the Territories during the territorial existence of any one given Territory , and then the people shall , 118 LETTERS AND ADDRESSES.
Page 127
... existence of the whole nation . Because we think it wrong , we pro- pose a course of policy that shall deal with it as a wrong . We deal with it as with any other wrong , in so far as we can prevent its growing any larger , and so deal ...
... existence of the whole nation . Because we think it wrong , we pro- pose a course of policy that shall deal with it as a wrong . We deal with it as with any other wrong , in so far as we can prevent its growing any larger , and so deal ...
Page 128
... existence in the nation , and to our constitutional ob- ligations , we have no right at all to disturb it in the States where it exists , and we profess that we have no more inclination to disturb it than we have the right to do it . We ...
... existence in the nation , and to our constitutional ob- ligations , we have no right at all to disturb it in the States where it exists , and we profess that we have no more inclination to disturb it than we have the right to do it . We ...
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