Nor is there a shadow of reason why feelings of the house should be outraged by the presentation of a petition from slaves, any more than by petitions from soldiers in the army, seamen in the navy, or from the working-women in a manufactory.
Quincy compares petitions from slaves to those from other groups, arguing that there should be no distinction in how they are treated.
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Though conscious, being then in his seventy-eighth year, that he stood on the threshold of human life, he sought no relaxation from duty, no exemption from its performance.
Texas and slavery are interwoven in every banner floating on the Democratic breeze. 'Freedom or death' should be inscribed on ours.
The spirit of freedom and the spirit of slavery are drawing together for the deadly conflict of arms.
May the Ruler of the universe preserve you from such degradation! 'Freedom!
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