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There is no absolute monarch on earth, who is not compelled, by the constitution of his country, to receive the petitions of his people, whosoever they may be.
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Seward highlights that no monarch can refuse to accept petitions from their subjects, regardless of their status.
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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.
By the blessing of the Author of those rights, they have prevailed over all opposition, and form the basis of thirteen independent States.
Slavery therefore must be restrained, and, without violence or injustice, must be abolished.
How long emancipation may be delayed, is among the things concealed from our knowledge, but not so the certain result.
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