Address Illustrative of the Nature And Power of the Slave States And the Duties
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Formerly they were only a part of the slaveholders in the two branches ; now they probably constitute a majority. These men are always ready to insult, threaten, and bully any member of Congress from the Free States who dares to retort their obloquy ; which, if he does, a duel is thrust into his face, as was recently into Mr. Wilson's, and which he so honorably repelled, in the temper and demeanor of a mild, firm spirit of civilized chivalry. Although the natural tendency of slavery is to deter...iorate the morals and weaken the self- control of the masters of slaves, yet there always have been men raised in the Slave States with an innate purity capa- ble of repelling the influences of their condition, and endowed by nature with an herculean strength to strangle in man- * These animadversions I have been compelled to make out of regard to truth and duty. No man can regret more than myself their apparent application to the course pursued by Mr. Burlingame, which, in every other respect, was wise, lofty, and honorable.
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