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I On The The Morality Revolution Of In T...
at Secession mostundertaken was at firs in t generall the interest y reprobated of the most as . unprovoked iniquitous , of or "
legalized European , tyrannies sympath : but the by North its hastened anxiety to to weaken represent its hold the
dispute upon as the a seceding mere part states y y squabble with ; promises and by their that efforts all their to
in constitu reassure terest tional is involved rights in should the existence be revered of the . , Union No world no moral -wide
when princip Lincoln le is connected declared with his readiness its maintenance to sav ; e and the , , Unio therefore n by ,
of emanci the pating slaves , , as p mi hilanthrop ght be most ists gre convenient w cold , , any and , all politicians , or none
indifferent to proceedings that promised neither a speedy nor a certain The disruption solution of of of the the time n North egro difficulty American . Federation was _ville , in j
which fact calml , onl y he and y even a question candidl then y perceived discussed . to Thirty be the menaced years chances ago by of , the De its incongruity Tocqu duration e ,. j j
of manners and sentiments fostered by slavery , by the jealousy j the arising ebb amongst and flow states of population of unequal power that keep and s resources transferring , and the by | j
preponderance of influence to fresh states and interests . The | government difficulty of including is much enhanced a territory when of unwield such y government extent under is one a f j
like democracy that of , and the especiall United y States a growing . Against and unmixed the , government democracy | of | in democratic
state the maj has orit no y appeal when excep oppressive t to arms , the ; minority but this appeal other a states it | will | be in I
virtue more read of its y views to make touching than the the inalien minorities ability of of the | rig ] its wh , ich its members find themselves powerless to exercise . | Th _&
laws American in ceasing Union to th exist en onl and y followed with this general conclusion and recognized we might J I
however once have the dismissed lexion the subject , of affairs . Within has been the las altered t few months by the , ;| _-j | comp
mation Federal and , government other kindred ; and , measures owing to , thoug the eman h North cipation th ami | is procla South - Ij ft
are still righting for the same objects as before , ere now a their third strugg interest le —that of the negro race—involved || in the result | of |
. Both the friends and enemies of the Union have treated its i § sympath supporters for rath them er unreasonabl as engaged y ; in the a holy former warfare by | on chal behalf _lenging of j
condem the oppressed n y ationthat African they , the do not latter mak by e emanci urging pation as | ground their firs for t 1
and never cap been ital aim in , a . position In point to of undertake fact , the Federal an abolitionist government | crusade has ; - 1
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1864, page 88, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041864/page/16/
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