01/26/1862
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"In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free – honorable alike in what we give, and what we preserve."
"I deem it my duty to recommend an appropriation in behalf of the owners of the Norwegian bark Admiral P. Tordenskiold."
"We must think anew, act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves from the past, and then we shall save our country."
"The treaty with Great Britain for the suppression of the slave trade has been put into operation with a good prospect of complete success."