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Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 06 (of 20)
Sumner, Charles
Slavery -- United States; Speeches, addresses, etc., American
[78] “Dominum ac servum nullis educationis deliciis dignoscas. Inter
eadem pecora, in eadem humo degunt.”--_Germania_, c. 20.
[79] Butler, Lives of the Saints, Vol. XII. p. 114.
[80] This is a natural incident of Slavery. Bishop Warburton, in a
sermon before the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign
Parts, recounts how “a very worthy benefactor bequeathed unto us in
trust, for the propagation of the Gospel, a plantation stocked with
slaves,” and he exclaims, “An odd legacy to the promulgators of the Law
of Liberty!”--_Sermon XX._: Works, (London, 1811,) Vol. X. p. 58.
[81] Jortin, Life of Erasmus, A. D. 1532, Ætat. 65, Vol. II. p. 31.
[82] Louis Blanc, Histoire de la Révolution Française, Tom. V. p. 200.
[83] Grand Gulf Advertiser, June 27, 1837.
[84] New Orleans Bee, May 23, 1838.
[85] Narrative and Testimony of Sarah M. Grimké, found in the
remarkable contribution to the Antislavery cause by Theodore D. Weld,
American Slavery as it is, Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses, p. 22.
[86] There are two different pictures of this early scene,--one
by Terburg, and the other by Adrian van Ostade,--both engraved by
Suyderhoef.
[87] Letter to Thomas Percival, July 17, 1784: Works, ed. Sparks, Vol.
X. p. 108.
[88] Sabine, Notes on Duels and Duelling, pp. 322, 324.
[89] Speech in the Senate, February 28, 1852: Congressional Globe, 32d
Cong. 1st Sess., p. 655.
[90] L’Esclavage des Nègres, ou l’Heureux Naufrage. See Grimm,
Correspondance, Tom. XVI. pp. 328, 329, Décembre, 1789.
[91] Address to the Inhabitants of New Mexico and California, by
William Jay: Miscellaneous Writings, p. 536.
[92] This was the case with Mr. Sumner’s speech, “The Crime against
Kansas.” More than one person found with a copy of this speech was
compelled to flee.
[93] Coleridge, Fire, Famine, and Slaughter.
[94] “Quorum verba in pugnis sunt, et syllogismi in calcibus.”
[95] Southey, History of Brazil, Vol. II. ch. 27, p. 536.
[96] Journal of Thomas Chalkley, p. 274.
[97] Hon. Owen Lovejoy, who died March 25, 1864.
[98] Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, 1831,
December 26, p. 256.
[99] Report of Committee of U. S. House of Representatives, 27th Cong.
2d Sess., No. 80, January 20, 1843.
[100] Boswell’s Life of Johnson, October 2, 1773, ed. Croker, (London,
1835,) Vol. IV. p. 311. See also, anno 1768, Vol. III. pp. 41, 42.
[101] Massachusetts Senate Documents, 1845, No. 4. Acts of the General
Assembly of South Carolina, 1844, December 18: Statutes at Large, Vol.
XI. pp. 292, 293.
[102] Congressional Globe, 36th Cong. 1st Sess., p. 595, January 26,
1860.
[103] History of the Rebellion, Book I. Vol. I. pp. 8, 9, Oxford, 1826.
[104] See also Senate Reports, 31st Cong. 1st Sess., No. 170.
[105] Speech of Mr. Arnold, January 27, 1841: Congressional Globe,
Vol. XI. p. 182. See also Address to the Inhabitants of New Mexico and
California, by William Jay: Miscellaneous Writings, p. 515.
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