Charles Sumner; His Complete Works
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ISBN13: 9780217809696
Paperback|9780217809696
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE WRONG OF SLAVERY. Speech At A Public Meeting In Faneutl Hall, Bostoh, Against The Admission Of Texas As A Slave State, November 4, 1845. The officers of this meeting were Hon. Charles Francis Adams, President; James M. Whiton, Charles G. Hovey, and William I. Bowditch, Secretaries. The President made a speech on taking the chair. He was followed by Hon. John G. Palfrey, Charles Sumner, Weudell Phillips, Henry B. Stanton, George S. Hillard, Rev. William H. Chan- ning, and William Lloyd Garrison. The meeting was thus sympathetically described by the Liberator: ? Faneuil Hall next had a meeting, more worthy of its fame than the one which was held in it on Tuesday evening last, to set the ball in motion for another grand rally of the freemen of the North against the admission of Texas into the Union as a Slave State. The weather was extremely unpropitious, ? the rain ponring down violently, the thunder roaring, and the lightning blazing vividly at intervals, ? emblematic of the present moral and political aspects of the country. The Daily Times, a democratic paper of Boston, in its account of the meeting made the severe storm play an important part. Here is something of what it said: ? The elements seemed determined not to sanction any each traitor- like movement, and interposed every obstacle to its success. It was proper that such afoul project should have foul weather as an accompaniment. The night was dark, and so were the designs contemplated. To oppose the extension of slavery was traitor-like, foul, and dark. The Resolutions adopted at the meeting were drawn by Mr. Sumner, although introduced by another. They were the first political resolutions ever drawn by him, as the speech which follows was the first political speech ever made by him. Th...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217809696 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217809693 |
| Weight | 0.67 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.46 In |
| List Price | $20.21 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 202 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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