But this point becomes of peculiar importance, when it is considered that the minority asking representation has acquiesced in rebellion, and, still further, that some of those composing the minority have actively assisted the public enemy.
He highlights the troubling fact that the minority seeking representation has previously supported rebellion against the government.
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The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
They belong to a system so essentially irrational, that all the admitted virtues of many of its agents cannot save it from judgment.
Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.
Controlled by such a code, employing such representatives, sustained by such agencies, animated by such Furies, and producing such fruits of tears and bitterness, it must be open to question.
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