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You have maintained through times of trial and danger the inheritance of freedom, of union, of independence bequeathed you by your forefathers.
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gutenberg.orgWilliam Seward: “You have maintained through times of trial and danger the inheritance of freedom, of union, of independence bequeathed…”
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Seward acknowledges the sacrifices made to preserve freedom and unity for future generations.
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That freedom and that security required that the nations of Europe should relax their grasp on the American Continent.
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.
How long emancipation may be delayed, is among the things concealed from our knowledge, but not so the certain result.
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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