POL SCI 4 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Fugitive Slave Laws, Wield, Natural Justice
11 Mar 2017
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Speech in 1852 before the president and citizens of the u. s. Speaks of his own experience in escaping slavery, and getting to the podium that he now occupies. That i am here today, to me, a matter of astonishment as well as of gratitude . Country in the beginning of the national career, still in its infancy, Consolation in the thought that america is young. Tells story of american independence from britain. Forefathers proclaimed that british laws and measures unjust, unreasonable, oppressive. To side with the right, against the wrong, with the weak against the strong, and with the oppressed against the oppressor! Here lies the merit, the one which, of all others, seems unfashionable in our day . This day is thus celebrated for pride and patriotism. The fact that the founding fathers loved their country better than their own private interests is a rare virtue.
