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Slavery stands aghast at the prospective promotion of the general welfare, and flies to nullification for defence against the energies of freedom, and the inalienable rights of man.
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gutenberg.orgJosiah Quincy: “Slavery stands aghast at the prospective promotion of the general welfare, and flies to nullification for defence…”
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Quincy describes slavery's resistance to freedom and its reliance on nullification for protection.
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