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Abolition Quotes

I can only say that there is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do, to see a plan adopted for the abolition of it - but there is only one proper and effectual mode by which it can be accomplished, and that is by Legislative authority: and this, as far as my suffrage will go, shall never be wanting.

I wish from my soul that the legislature of this State could see the policy of a gradual Abolition of Slavery.

The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart.