Letter of Senator Douglas Vindicating His Character And His Position On the Neb
Letter of Senator Douglas Vindicating His Character And His Position On the Neb
Stephen Arnold Douglas
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You must therefore abandon your objection to the annul- ment of that section, or persevere in your oppo- sition to the principle upon which the bill is founded. In your protest, (alluding, I presume, to the annulment ot the Missouri restriction, ) you de- nounce the Nebraska bill " as a great moral wrong; as a breach of faith imminently inju- rious to the moral principles of the community, and subversive of all confidence in national engagements, '" and " exposing us to the righte ous judgments... of the Almighty I" I am rejoiced to learn that the "clergymen of different denominations" in the city of Chi- cago have come to the firm conclusion that u a breach of faith, " that the non-fulfillment of "na- > tional engagements" is "a great moral wrong, " exposing the offenders "to the righteous judg- ments of the Almighty !" I remember well my feelings upon this sub- ject, in October, 1850. I should then have re- joiced with exceeding great joy to have heard from your lips, to have known that you were effect the " national engagements' in the Constitution of the ready to proclaim in your pulpits and in pub- lic places, the sanctity of " national engage- ments, " and the "great moral wrong" of their non-fulfillment ; and especially when contained in the Constitution our fathers made for us, and .
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