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And I say, in the third place, that the end was virtuous, pure, and of the most exalted character, namely, to prevent the perpetuation and spread of slavery throughout America.
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Quincy emphasizes the moral imperative to prevent the spread of slavery in America.
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No man can be surprised that such a cause was swept away by a moral and political whirlwind; that it carried with it all the institutions of civil society, so that its march was a wild desolation.
This rendered it more unavoidable that the remainder of the continent should ultimately be ours.
But, if we go to war, what must be the effect of the peace that follows?
Can you wonder that they shrink from the light of free discussion--that they skulk from the grasp of freedom and of truth?
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