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Call it not the madness of an engineer who stands in front of his cannon at the moment of discharge ; call it rather ... which enables them to treat man as property— timid wealth shrinking from change , but so timid as to stand dumb .
Call it not the madness of an engineer who stands in front of his cannon at the moment of discharge ; call it rather ... which enables them to treat man as property— timid wealth shrinking from change , but so timid as to stand dumb .
Page 129
Besides , she stands on sugar , and free trade bankrupts her . Consider the rest of the Slave States as one power ... Will they leave us so small and weak by going that we cannot stand alone ? Let us see . There is no reason to suppose ...
Besides , she stands on sugar , and free trade bankrupts her . Consider the rest of the Slave States as one power ... Will they leave us so small and weak by going that we cannot stand alone ? Let us see . There is no reason to suppose ...
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But here we stand . ... There stands England , the most selfish and treacherous of modern governments . [ Loud and long - continued cheers . ] On the other side of the Potomac stands a statesmanship , urged by 160 WENDELL PHILLIPS.
But here we stand . ... There stands England , the most selfish and treacherous of modern governments . [ Loud and long - continued cheers . ] On the other side of the Potomac stands a statesmanship , urged by 160 WENDELL PHILLIPS.
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