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It is the aristocratic element which survived the Constitution , which our fathers thought could be safely left under it , and the South today is forced into this war by the natural growth of the antagonistic principle .
It is the aristocratic element which survived the Constitution , which our fathers thought could be safely left under it , and the South today is forced into this war by the natural growth of the antagonistic principle .
Page 152
But he goes on to add : “ This is no greater interference with the institutions of South Carolina than is necessary — than the war will cure . ” Does he mean he will give the slaves back when the war is over ? I don't know .
But he goes on to add : “ This is no greater interference with the institutions of South Carolina than is necessary — than the war will cure . ” Does he mean he will give the slaves back when the war is over ? I don't know .
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Every slave sent back from a Northern State is a fresh oath of the South that she would not secede . Our fathers trusted to the promise that this race should be left under the influence of the Union , until , in the maturity of time ...
Every slave sent back from a Northern State is a fresh oath of the South that she would not secede . Our fathers trusted to the promise that this race should be left under the influence of the Union , until , in the maturity of time ...
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Contents
In Defense of Lovejoy | 1 |
The Boston Mob | 10 |
The Right of Petition | 23 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Wendell Phillips on Civil Rights and Freedom |
| Author | Wendell Phillips |
| Editor | Louis Filler |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | University Press of America, 1982 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 12 Sep 2006 |
| ISBN | 0819127930, 9780819127938 |
| Length | 221 pages |
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