Again, in any law upon this subject, ought not all the safeguards of liberty known in civilized and humane jurisprudence to be introduced, so that a free man be not, in any case, surrendered as a slave?
In his first inaugural address, Lincoln argues for the inclusion of due process and safeguards for liberty in any law concerning fugitive slaves.
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