Speech of Hon Francis W Kellogg of Michigan in the House of Representatives
Speech of Hon Francis W Kellogg of Michigan in the House of Representatives
Francis William Kellogg
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We can't help it ; we ask for no political action against slavery in the States. The general government has no right to meddle with it, then, directly or indirectly, and nobody desires it to do so. No, sir ; slavery may exist in the Southern States as long as it can maintain itself against the public sentiment of the civilized world. If right in itself, it will continue as long as society and government ex. Ists; if wrong, it must gradually go down, and no power can preserve it from extinction.... The agita- tion of this question in Congress, and the constant discussion of it, to the great detri- ment of the public business, is a curse to the whole country, and deeply to be deplored. But the Democratic party began it, and are responsible to the country for its con- tinuance. There is no good reason for it whatever. Southern men know perfectly well that neither slavery or the rights of slaveholders are in danger from any action of the general government. The honorable gentleman from Virginia (Mr.
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