Speech of the Honorable James Tallmadge Jr of Duchess County New York On
Speech of the Honorable James Tallmadge Jr of Duchess County New York On
James Tallmadge
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It is our business so to legislate, as never to encourage, but always to control this evil ; and, while we strive to eradicate it, we ought to fix its limits, and render it subordi- nate to the safety of the white population, an. I the good order of civil society. On this subject the eyes of Europe are turned upon you. — You boast of the freedom of your constitution and your laws ; you have proclaimed, in the Declaration of Independence, " That all men arc created equal ; that they are endowed ...by their Creator with certain unalienable rights — that amongst tlicseare, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness /' and yet you have slaves in ( 14 your country. Tlie enemies of your government, and the legi- timates of Europe, poiut to your inconsistencies, and blazon yotir supposed defects. If you allow slavery to pass into terri- tories where you have the lawful power to exclude it, you will justly take upon yourself all the charges of inconsistency ; but, confiae it to the original slavB holding states, where you found it at ihe fjrm ition of your government, and you stand acquitted of all imputation.
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