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I am not to be frightened from the discharge of a sacred duty, by their indignation, by their violence, nor, sir, by all the grand juries in the universe.
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Seward emphasizes his commitment to duty despite facing threats and opposition.
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From and after the fourth day of July, 1842, there shall be, throughout the United States, NO HEREDITARY SLAVERY, but on and after that day every child born within the United States shall be FREE.
Stoicism, that had no charity for error, never converted any human society to virtue; Christianity, that remembers the true nature of man, has encompassed a large portion of the globe.
But power, confessedly derived from the people, must be exercised in obedience to their will, and must be resigned to them again, at least in death.
Let it be remembered, that it has ever been the pride and the boast of America, that the rights for which she contended were the rights of human nature.
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