This exposition will not have been in vain if the fact be crystallized into history yet to be written, that the first settlement by English-speaking people--just three centuries ago--upon this continent, was at Jamestown.
Stevenson highlights the significance of the Jamestown settlement in American history.
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From the establishment of the Government the question of human slavery was the one perilous question,--the one constant menace to national unity, until its final extinction amid the flames of war.
I believe that Congress possesses Constitutional power to abolish it.
We, the heirs of all the ages, in the plenitude of our enjoyments, and the prodigality of the favors showered upon us, hail Columbus our benefactor.
His genius and faith gave succeeding generations the opportunity for life and liberty.