What answer can legislators give who profess to believe the Declaration of Independence, and who cheerfully confirm a full-blooded Indian in a conspicuous position on the staff of their Lieutenant General?
Reid critiques the hypocrisy of American legislators regarding the principles of the Declaration of Independence.
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And it is both natural and right that colored Americans, entitled to the rights of citizens, should claim their exercise.
Ordinarily the simple performance of duty is so blessed of God, that men who live in the doing of it, are the best off, in all respects, even in this world.
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