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l C_), , ' .:\ ll':t in : •. If th l'l' h' 11 h :\ JIO\\"i' l' ill tit' clt•<T 'C lllltl <'Oilllll.\lld'-' or fool~ that !lt nature of tltillg j._ t' h.ttWt' d h.' th 'II'\ ol 1 ,, \\'lty do tll~·_r Ill:!. dt .. l'll' '. t!l:lL \:· !J,tt.t~ !,,id :lllil Jl' tl\tl'i(lll :-.lt.dl Ill' l'l'r{ard1• 1 a ... good at~ '_l, \\ hul ::-ullll:, Ul \\ ll), 11 the l,lW can tu •. kc '' ruu ~ t'itrltt. l',ltt ll uut lll:tke bad guud { ~\..;.till: >~'I lto;;c• who ]nne m:tllt1 pcmidou~ Utlll unjust uc<.;rc ·~, have mtu1e uuytl.tiug ratlll'l' than Ia w:." 1\gnin : Th' Ia w of nil nation furbiJ.:! one man to pur:-;uc l1i. nth antagc nL tbc c:-.pcn~l! of auotller. 11 LACTA Tl l" ' :-ay~ : ,, .Tn-.til' tea ·he!'\ llH'n to know <:orl at11l tn Ju\ c men, to love nutl as ist one UJlOtll 'f1 lJcJUg :tiL IJIIHlJy the tltiJdr '11 ur (ioti." LEO _ .. ~:l.)' ':l : " • .,.ot only 1ltH'.; the 'hri:lian rl'ligiou, but n.tturc hcr:-;clf cry out again. t the F;t.tt~ of 1-1la\ ·ry. '' TilE YOI I: F (,T!Jm( E. ::;oc ~ I~.A T ES :-.a) ..., : ". IU\Cry js a ~-<y:::otcill of outr.tgc and roLhcry. '' A HI~TOTLE R:l) s : ·It i~ m·ithcr for tl1 a-oncl. 1101' i~ it jn:-.t, !--('l'illf! all men arc uy nature alike, antl t qual, th.tt one 1-'lwuld IJe lord aud ma lcr O\ cr otbcr:-;." POLYtnr. ~a).: " .. ,.on' hut nnprinc·iplrc1 uncl l11'n"t ly mrn in ~->oc·idy nsRnmc the ma.:,tcry over their Jcllows, as it i-.; a mull'~ hull ·, bear:-;, aud co r k ~.'' l'L.\ TO ~:1) ' : " 'lavery is a. y .... tem of tlt mo:--t ·ompl •tc injusti ·c." From Ulch or tlt above nn<l from othct• ll:ttion~, n.clditional tL·'itilllolly i:-~ at lwntl; hut, for r ':t'-'011"{ already assignc·<l w forhea1· to intro<lnre it. 10l'I'OUOl'ativ of' the C'OITCdl1 tiH oC Ll1 position \\']lich W Jmrc ns. um ·<1, '" n P rsia lut. a \'oic' wbic·h 111ay be :l.'ily n~co1rnizcd in tho ton ·of Iter iuunorl:tl 'j rus, wlt . :1\ ''To fight, ;n on1 •r not to l>c made u. ~Ia\ i:-; noLle. II Than Ur nt Britain no nation hn. 111 rc 11 artily or ltonornuly repent tl oft lt I <Tim of :-;}a, cry -no nation on tlw p ~r •eption of it· rror, h." er :t<'L <l with 111ore pro!llpt mn:rnanimity to it~ ontrng cl nne] unhappy bond ll1ll1. E11t<:r ·<l to ltt•r redit many prl"<:iouH j •w ]s of lihert~· rctnnin in onr JlO:.-:-;e~sion, ready to 1J dl!li\ l'('d w1 1 ~n call )d for; oJ'thdr Yaltt t-om i<l~a may \)p furm d when w :talo thaL ill'y nrc filigrl:eJ 1ritl1 sudt nnm '\ a \riii>Lrl'orre Buxton, (~nun ill~, Uratbn C:wHlen, 'lark-..on, f;harp ~It rid an ~idne'' ~furt in nncl ~fa<'nnl· v. Yirginia. 1ltc ':trolina", an<l n~tltrr ~onthcrn ~tate., ~Ylti ch nrc pro· '1'Et:5TDl<J.NY OF '1 11E i\ ,\'Uo~: . riJctl not,, ith r ·p11Llican, buL \\ itl1 :tllli-rcpul,Jican formg of g<)\ rn-t 't!ld \\ lti •It h:tv I nwn • • alw[i...,Jt ·d rr ' l'dlllll "IIOttltl 1earll f'roJI} tit\ hi torJv oitlll' 111011arThi ':tl goVl'l'lllll ' llb of tit· 01(1 \\ urld if noL fr 0111 til I t'X:rtu-plc of th, !1101' • l,i~> •r:tl :tlld .·tdigl.ltl'lll!d potyolh oi. tltL' -:L \\, ]10 ,, to ahl,]i ... h ~J<t, ·r:·. 1 h · ]c...; .... on 1:-i hL·Iure t ltL'tll 111 :t \':ll'luty ol 1\<' 't'dlll~]y ·Il l 11,..: 1.l.._t·111t,">r forll1~ anJ ·ooncr or l.lt ·r, tl1 ~y rnu~t learn it , l'illtl'l' \Pit 111 _ tnrih· or hy cotllpul:-.ion. Virginia, in partiC'ular i-; a :-.puilt dtild h:l\'i~lg 1> (.)1 till' pl't or th ( ~eu •ral ( ;0\(.'l'llllll'llt for tiJ Ja L ~l'\ IJlty Year.,; and Jik' many utb r other ~poilt. <'llildrcn ~It ltas be<·o111 l'ro­~ r:tnl p 'e\ i!'-h, p ·n l!l':-. ', bulky and irr~.:\ rent not caring to kuo\\ 1H:l' Julies and failing to p rfona .,. 'll tl1o-.. · "ltit·h . It do •s lno\\. ller superior' 1' r · '1\' tlwt tho nl>olition ol' ~la\ l'l')" "onlcl h<.· a llle:-:--ing to her; t-he i'4, hon- ~ ,·er, itlt r t.o ignorant to ntH] 1 1'. ta11<l tlt' tr11th or cbe a" i · U1 mor probable, h 'r J:tl~o prid' ancl ol>. tinac,v r ·-..train her from acknowl •dging it. '\\'lmt i:-1 to I>' don I? ~hull ignol'1tll<'t•, or prt~uuiec or obduracy or will ful lllCann~!-N, trittlllph O\ l'l' kno" ll'dg, amllibcrnlity nntl gttil '1 t>sn s .. , ntHl laudabl · cnlerpri-..,? \ o 11 ., L'l'! A. ur d that Yirginia an<l all tlt otiJl'l' ~lavL•ltohlin:.; ~tat ~s ar • doing wrong CY •ry tlay it i · our duty to Jll~tk' thc111 do right if" c lta\', tho power . nll<l w I L ·li \ o '" JntYC t ltc }>O\\ r now r !'-idl'nt. "it !tin t h ·ir own bon] rs. \Yl1at ar tlto opi11io11 , g •Jtcrally, of tll uon-. la\ L'lwluiu, "hite ? I. t them • pct'tk. . "