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Speeches and Papers Relating to the Rebellion and the Overthrow of Slavery
Excerpt from Speeches and Papers Relating to the Rebellion and the Overthrow of Slavery
For this honor, I am indebted to the undeserved partiality of the committee who have invited and Organized this gathering, that here, within the limits Of the Commonwealth which first resisted British aggression, we may acknowledge our Obligations to the men and the principles of a Sister republic in the great struggle for liberty in America. Public justice, in a large sense, is often Slow, but always sure; and, on the hundred and sixteenth anniversary day of the birth of Jefferson, we en courage our faith in humanity by the re?ection, that his principles, and the purity of his private and Official life, have been relieved from the rancor and obloquy of personal strifes; and that he now stands the chosen leader of a majority of the people of the nation, who either accept his principles, or claim that he would, if living, accept theirs.
For this honor, I am indebted to the undeserved partiality of the committee who have invited and Organized this gathering, that here, within the limits Of the Commonwealth which first resisted British aggression, we may acknowledge our Obligations to the men and the principles of a Sister republic in the great struggle for liberty in America. Public justice, in a large sense, is often Slow, but always sure; and, on the hundred and sixteenth anniversary day of the birth of Jefferson, we en courage our faith in humanity by the re?ection, that his principles, and the purity of his private and Official life, have been relieved from the rancor and obloquy of personal strifes; and that he now stands the chosen leader of a majority of the people of the nation, who either accept his principles, or claim that he would, if living, accept theirs.
636 pages, Paperback
First published September 29, 2009
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George Sewall Boutwell
58 books1 followerGeorge Sewall Boutwell (January 28, 1818 – February 27, 1905) was an American politician, lawyer, and statesman from Massachusetts. He served as Secretary of the Treasury under President Ulysses S. Grant, the 20th Governor of Massachusetts, a Senator and Representative from Massachusetts and the first Commissioner of Internal Revenue under President Abraham Lincoln. He was a leader in the impeachment of Andrew Johnson.
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