The only ground on which a neutral State can claim respect at the hands of belligerents is, that, so far as she is concerned, their rights are protected.
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My rights all spring front an infinitely nobler source - from favor and grace of God.Gerrit Smith
True, permanent peace can never be restored, until slavery, the occasion of the war, has ceased.
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But as well may you, when urging a man up-hill with a heavy load upon his back, and with your lash also upon his back, tell him, that be has nothing to do either with the load or the lash.
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As this is the first time I have had the floor, it may be well for me now to confess, that I am in the habit of freely imputing errors to my fellow-men.
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But I love honesty, and, therefore; do I make great account of facts.
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I need say no more, to prove that slavery is entirely unlike the servitude in the patriarchal families.
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