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They would be scourged, driven by violence from the State, and might be considered fortunate should they escape with their lives.
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He warns of the violent repercussions that would befall abolitionists in the Old Dominion, emphasizing the dangers of their stance.
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I know it is claimed, by men in the slave States, that slavery is necessary to the highest development of human society; but I think the experience of members of Congress is, that slavery does not always produce this beneficial result.
We ought to lament and deplore the necessity of holding our fellow men in bondage.
Slavery is detested; we feel its fatal effects; we deplore it with all the pity of humanity.
Is not a great party now engaged in the ungrateful task of forging chains for a large portion of the people of this country?
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