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It is true, because labor is the peculiar badge of Slavery.
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Henry Ward Beecher
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Beecher highlights the association of labor with slavery in the South, marking a stark contrast to the North.
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An infernal Juno, envious of the destined greatness of this country, hath sent this serpent upon it!
Having once given forth this spirit of liberty, now fading out of our Southern States, the North should again come forth and refill the poisoned veins that have been drinking the hemlock of Despotism with the new blood of Liberty!
All attempts at evasion, at adjourning, at concealing and compromising are in vain.
Northern ideas must become American, or Southern ideas must become American, before there will be peace.