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Let it speak, and the last act of the great American tragedy will be ended, while the stage is piled with corpses.
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gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
He foresees the end of a tragic chapter in American history, linking it to the fulfillment of constitutional promises.
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Above all, welcome to the united regenerated Democracy of the North, which spurns the mockery of a Republic, with professions of Freedom on the lips, while the chains of Slavery clank in the Capitol!
Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
It is a cause which, though long kept in check throughout our country, as also in Europe, now confronts the people and their rulers, demanding to be heard.
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