He may sustain a policy of absolute fidelity to all the requirements of the Constitution as it is, and, as John Adams said of the Declaration of Independence, he may bravely say to the South and to the nation: “Sink or swim, survive or perish, I am for the Constitution in all its parts!
Douglass calls for unwavering fidelity to the Constitution, urging the President to boldly uphold its principles regardless of opposition.
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