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"Slavery exists. It is black in the South, and white in the North."
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"The goldenrod is yellow, The corn is turning brown, The trees in apple orchards With fruit are bending down."
"The distinguishing sign of slavery is to have a price, and to be bought for it."
"Some of today's slaves sleep on king size beds."
"It is proclaimed by the great leaders of that party, by its political conventions, by its ministers of the Gospel, and by every other means they have of giving currency and importance to the declaration, that it is its mission to abolish slavery in the Union."
"What is a good enough principle for an American citizen ought to be good enough for the working man to follow."
"We are slaves whose masters are dead. For we are mostly controlled by doctrines which were established centuries heretofore."
"If you want to be fully convinced of the abominations of slavery, go on a southern plantation, and call yourself a negro trader. Then there will be no concealment; and you will see and hear things that will seem to you impossible among human beings with immortal souls."
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"Outside of the Constitution we have no legal authority more than private citizens, and within it we have only so much as that instrument gives us. This broad principle limits all our functions and applies to all subjects."
"Who, then, will govern? The answer must be, Man - for we have no angels in the shape of men, as yet, who are willing to take charge of our political affairs."
"I am sworn to uphold the Constitution as Andy Johnson understands it and interprets it."
"Legislation can neither be wise nor just which seeks the welfare of a single interest at the expense and to the injury of many and varied interests."
"I hold it the duty of the executive to insist upon frugality in the expenditure, and a sparing economy is itself a great national source."
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