I do not speak unadvisedly, when I declare that no such end is desired by a single intelligent colored man; no such design can be gleaned from any word ever spoken by Charles Sumner; his amendment cannot by any reasonable stretch of the imagination be open to the implication.
Sumner asserts that no intelligent African American desires to infringe on the rights of others, emphasizing the integrity of his amendment.
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More precious far at that moment the consolation that he had labored for his fellow-men, and the joyous confidence that all his cares had helped the Progress of his race!
Confessing the Fatherhood of God, and the consequent Brotherhood of Man, we find a divine standard of unquestionable accuracy.
I am opposed to a tariff for protection merely, and not for revenue."--Letter to John K.
Out of this pernicious prejudice have proceeded that persecution and neglect which are the too frequent lot of the world's pioneers.
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