Wendell Phillips on Civil Rights and FreedomUniversity Press of America, 1982 - 221 pages |
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Page 68
... never has and never will dis- cuss the subject . Yet Mr. Clay , from 1839 down to his death , hardly made a remarkable speech of any kind , except on slavery . Mr. Webster , having indulged now and then in a little easy rhetoric , as at ...
... never has and never will dis- cuss the subject . Yet Mr. Clay , from 1839 down to his death , hardly made a remarkable speech of any kind , except on slavery . Mr. Webster , having indulged now and then in a little easy rhetoric , as at ...
Page 69
... never speak of slavery , " and lives to break with his party on this issue ! Mr. Clay says it is " moral treason " to introduce the subject into Congress , and lives to see Congress turned into an antislavery debating society to suit ...
... never speak of slavery , " and lives to break with his party on this issue ! Mr. Clay says it is " moral treason " to introduce the subject into Congress , and lives to see Congress turned into an antislavery debating society to suit ...
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... never yet pro- fessed any such policy . Mr. [ Horace ] Greeley , on the contrary , avowed , in the Tribune , that he had often voted for a slaveholder willingly , and he never expected the time would come when he should lay down the ...
... never yet pro- fessed any such policy . Mr. [ Horace ] Greeley , on the contrary , avowed , in the Tribune , that he had often voted for a slaveholder willingly , and he never expected the time would come when he should lay down the ...
Contents
In Defense of Lovejoy | 1 |
The Boston Mob | 10 |
The Right of Petition | 23 |
Copyright | |
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