An Argument on the Unconstitutionality of Slavery: Embracing an Abstract of the Proceedings of the National and State Conventions on this Subject |
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... natural right of every man , and that property , or an exclusive right to dispose of what he has honestly acquired by his own labor , necessarily arises therefrom , are truths that common sense has placed beyond the reach of con ...
... natural right of every man , and that property , or an exclusive right to dispose of what he has honestly acquired by his own labor , necessarily arises therefrom , are truths that common sense has placed beyond the reach of con ...
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... nature , and establishing an asylum for the poor and oppressed of all nations and religions . . " The glorious task for which we flew to arms being accomplished , the liberties of our country being fully acknowledged , and firmly ...
... nature , and establishing an asylum for the poor and oppressed of all nations and religions . . " The glorious task for which we flew to arms being accomplished , the liberties of our country being fully acknowledged , and firmly ...
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... nature revolted at it , and wars have ever been the consequence of it . History of wars , both public and private , portrays a series of attempts to throw off the yoke of the op- pressor ; and can the United States hope to secure peace ...
... nature revolted at it , and wars have ever been the consequence of it . History of wars , both public and private , portrays a series of attempts to throw off the yoke of the op- pressor ; and can the United States hope to secure peace ...
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... nature . Our fathers may in some measure be excused for not taking more summary measures for cutting off so unseemly an excres- cence , from the opposition they had to encounter , and the trials and troubles they had already gone ...
... nature . Our fathers may in some measure be excused for not taking more summary measures for cutting off so unseemly an excres- cence , from the opposition they had to encounter , and the trials and troubles they had already gone ...
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... nature , then it would be their duty , if there is no other way pro- vided , to act in the premises , and do away a sys- tem whose evil consequences to the community are apparent , however much any particular section of country may be ...
... nature , then it would be their duty , if there is no other way pro- vided , to act in the premises , and do away a sys- tem whose evil consequences to the community are apparent , however much any particular section of country may be ...
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