It is our privilege, it is our duty, to repel those assaults, that the world may know that when the advanced guard of freedom is attacked, "our feet shall be always in the arena, and our shields shall hang always in the lists.
Tompkins expresses a commitment to defend freedom against attacks, emphasizing the importance of standing firm in the face of opposition.
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Punish the thousands of others who have committed acts of violence against free-State men, and are yet unwhipped of justice.
I have also endeavored to show what are the aims and objects of the Republican party; and if they cannot be tolerated--if such principles cannot be sustained by the people of any section of this country--it is the misfortune of that people.
But if you think that Constitution violated, you have your remedy.
Take from place and power the men whose hands and faces are reeking and smoking with the blood of our people in Kansas, and put them to death.
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