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If to any one these things seem to have the license of Christianity, it is only because they have first secured a license in his own soul.
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He argues that any justification for slavery found in Christianity reflects the individual's own moral failings.
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But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
I am in favor of a tariff for revenue, such a one as will yield a sufficient amount to the treasury to defray the expenses of the government, economically administered.
Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
It applies an arrogant and unrelenting ostracism to all who express themselves against Slavery.
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