An Oration Delivered Before the Addison County Anti Slavery Society On the Fou
An Oration Delivered Before the Addison County Anti Slavery Society On the Fou
Edward Downing Barber
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And shall that whicli is equal to the task of settling dispu- ted theories and nice questions of law and ethics, be powerless in estab- lishing the first great principles of liberty — in setting up in the hearts of a people nurtured on a soil redeemed by the blood of patriots, the worship of frcfnlom, trodden down by corrupting avarice and heartless power ? Shall that which can arouse the sensibilities — stir up the affections — awaken the energies — exalt the imagination — sliarpen the intelle...ct and render keen the moral sense, on every other question of human responsibilities, of human rights and of human sufferings, fail in the cause of tlie bleeding, the outcast and the helpless slave ? But, it is said, to discuss thi. S subject out of the slave slates will do no good, because the people of those states have the . Sole control and the solo J3 powci of I, gialaticn over it. It is for tlie rL'uson, tiiut the people nf tbo i^outli havo tlie control of it, that we rely upon tlic power of discussion iirii?
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