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Congress To Abolish Slavery

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Parent Issue
Day
2
Month
October
Year
1863
Copyright
Public Domain
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Tb'e' Washington correspondent the New York Tribune writes asfollows : " I hcre now forevvarn copperheads of all degrees that one of the filst and most important measurea to come before the nest Congrrss will make slavery in all of ' th'o Uüited States an odious crime, forever hercufter, inflict ing the penalty of death upon whomsoever sh'all daré to viólate it lifter it shall have become a law. And I moieover assure negro haters and negro owners, and all tlieir backers of w.hatever name, that such a bilí will pass both branches of Congrega by a very largo majority, and be hailed by tbe people aa the brightest and best of all the great and good, aDd constitutional remedies for treason and rebellion, ■whrch have been invoked by or during the most glorious admiuistration of Father Abr.iliam." T.wenty years ago, Henry Clay said ofithe aboHtionists : " them, the rights of property are nothiug ; tlie deficiency of the powersof the general governmout, are nothiog ; the aeknowledged and ineontestible powars of the States, are nothiDg ; the dissolution of the Uftion, and the overthrow of a government in which are ooncentrated the hopes of the civilized world, are nothing. A single idea has taken possession of their ininds, and onward they pursue it, overlooking all barriers, reokless and regardleaa of all consequences."

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Michigan Argus