06/11/1858
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"In the meantime, who can foretell what would be the sufferings and privations of the people during its existence?"
"The day of evil may never come unless we shall rashly bring it upon ourselves."
"The immediate peril arises not so much from these causes as from the fact that the incessant and violent agitation of the slavery question throughout the North for the last quarter of a century has at..."
"If they could withdraw an officer from the command of the President and select him for the performance of an executive duty, they might upon the same principle annex to an appropriation to carry on a ..."