And have we not seen a sworn Postmaster-general formally avow that, though he could not license this cut-purse protection of the peculiar institution, the perpetrators of this highway robbery must justify themselves by the plea of necessity?
Quincy highlights the hypocrisy of a Postmaster-general who acknowledges the wrongs of slavery but does not act against them.
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May the Ruler of the universe preserve you from such degradation! 'Freedom!
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Union!' be this the watchword of your camp; and if Ate, hot from hell, will come and cry 'Havoc!' fight--fight and conquer, under the banner of universal freedom.
The spirit of freedom and the spirit of slavery are drawing together for the deadly conflict of arms.
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