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God grant that this kind of cotton may never stuff the cushions of our judges!
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gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Mann expresses a hope that the corrupting influence of cotton will not affect the judiciary.
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Slavery is an unspeakable wrong to the conscience.
Is there not one spot where we can stand side by side, as friends, sympathize with each other, and act together in harmony?
He that chooses to employ a sort of labor that yields only half as much to the hand as another sort would yield, makes a choice that is not only unprofitable, but deeply injurious to his interest.
Answer: She is in a country in which slavery is established by law.
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