The praises we bestow are already echoed back to us by voices which come rich and full across the Atlantic, hailing you as the indefatigable champion of humanity--not the humanity which embraces a single race or clime, but that humanity which regards the whole family of MAN.
Seward praises Adams as a champion of humanity, transcending race and nationality.
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Slavery therefore must be restrained, and, without violence or injustice, must be abolished.
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.
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