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Pardon me, if I express regret, profound and heartfelt, that the pretensions of Slavery, whether in claim of privilege or in doctrine of secession, were not always encountered boldly and austerely.
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He expresses regret that the challenges posed by slavery were not met with stronger opposition.
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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.
The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
It applies an arrogant and unrelenting ostracism to all who express themselves against Slavery.
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