Let the long-trodden-down African, restored by the cheering voice and Christian hand of Britain to his primitive right and condition of manhood, clap his hands and shout for joy on the anniversary of the First of August.
Quincy celebrates the emancipation of Africans, urging joy on the anniversary of their liberation.
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This error has nowhere been more frequently repeated, nowhere been of more pernicious tendency, than in America itself.
It prolongs life itself, and enlarges the sphere of existence.
The tongue of falsehood can never be silenced.
Adams deemed and maintained, was unconstitutional; and he called upon the supporters of the bill to point out the article, section, or paragraph, of the constitution, which authorized Congress to confer it on the President.
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