American - Politician | March 6, 1797 - December 28, 1874
The Southern slave would obey God in respect to marriage, and also to the reading and studying of His word. But this, as we have seen, is forbidden him.
Gerrit Smith
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There is one class of men, whom it especially behoves to be tenacious of the right of free discussion. I mean the poor.
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There is room in our ranks for the old and decrepit, as well as the young and vigorous.
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To no human charter am I indebted for my rights.
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To say, that Capt. Ingraham violated the rights of Turkey, is nonsense.
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True, permanent peace can never be restored, until slavery, the occasion of the war, has ceased.
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We must continue to judge of slavery by what it is, and not by what you tell us it will, or may be.
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When a good man lends himself to the advocacy of slavery, he must, at least for a time, feel himself to be any where but at home, amongst his new thoughts, doctrines, and modes of reasoning.
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