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Or to leave metaphor for literal speech: The constitution of the United States gave the most comprehensive and fundamental guaranties in favor of freedom, with here and there only an exception in behalf of slavery.
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Mann emphasizes the contradictions in the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees freedom while allowing for slavery.
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Why, fellow-citizens, the ballot is worse than useless, if it be not FREE!
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