Henry Ward Beecher: “In the South it is a part of the civil rights of men to do these…”

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In the South it is a part of the civil rights of men to do these things whenever they please.

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Henry Ward Beecher

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Here, Beecher points out the troubling acceptance of certain actions in Southern society that would be condemned in the North.

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But New-England was not raised up by Divine Providence to play a mean part in the world's affairs.

But the North will be an utterly dead force in the American nation.

Yet, New-England, strong at home, compact, educated, right-minded; has gradually lost influence, and the whole North with her.

Having given to America its ideas and its institutions, I think the North is bound to stand by them.

Henry Ward Beecher: “In the South it is a part of the civil rights of men to do these things whenever they please.”