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I feel assured that I do meet “old friends,”--true men, who carry their hearts in their hands, and whose lives are anchored to their convictions of duty.
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Mann expresses gratitude for the support of his friends and allies who share his convictions.
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Is there not one spot where we can stand side by side, as friends, sympathize with each other, and act together in harmony?
Behind these forty-one indictments for stealing stand drawn up, in battle array, against this same prisoner, seventy-four other indictments for transporting the very slaves whom he is charged to have stolen.
Under such a practice with regard to indictments, coupled with such a practice in regard to bail, an accusation would be as fatal as crime itself, however innocent the accused might be.
Packed and stowed like merchandise between unventilated decks, so close that the tempest without could not ruffle the pestilential air within, the voyage was begun.
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