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But, fellow-citizens, slavery is already in the territories, whether prohibited by God and nature, or not!
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gutenberg.orgHorace Mann: “But, fellow-citizens, slavery is already in the territories, whether prohibited by God and nature, or not!”
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Mann asserts the presence of slavery in the territories, regardless of legal prohibitions.
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Men of Massachusetts! moral and religious men! lovers of freedom and of your country, were you prepared for this?
These are but specimens of what the Fugitive Slave law has already done, before the public mind has become familiarized with its brutalities, and while there is yet some sensibility to the claims of justice and mercy left among us.
Why, fellow-citizens, the ballot is worse than useless, if it be not FREE!
The liberty of voting includes all other liberties.
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