If Congress has this beneficent power, then exercise it in such form as shall seem best, with machinery and penalty or without machinery and penalty; but, in God’s name, exercise it, for the sake of the country, which suffers from your delay.
He urges Congress to exercise its power to establish equality in whatever form it deems best, emphasizing urgency for the nation's sake.
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