In the face of these unequivocal judgments, it is absurd to suppose that these eminent citizens consented unanimously to any provision by which the National Government, the creature of their hands, dedicated to Freedom, could become the most offensive agent of Slavery.
He claims it is absurd to think that the founders would allow the government they created to become an agent of slavery.
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