This steady evolution of anti-slavery opinion from the deadening materialism and moral inertia of the times could not go backward, but in the very nature of things would repeat itself, and gather fresh momentum from every effort put forth to stay its advance.
Julian asserts that the evolution of anti-slavery sentiment is irreversible and will continue to gain momentum despite opposition.
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Parched corn men can't stand it much longer, Enough is as much as we'll bear; With Tip at our head, in October, We'll tumble Van out of the chair.
But this treatment of the Abolitionists was manifestly unjust.
He was the most conspicuous public rascal of his time, but was far from being alone in his odious notoriety.
He was unquestionably honest and patriotic, and the fact that he was a poor man, and a plain farmer of the West, could properly form no objection to his character or his fitness for the Presidency.
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