Quote #8

I believe that involuntary servitude, as it exists in different States of this Confederacy, is recognized by the Constitution. I believe that it stands like any other admitted right, and that the States where it exists are entitled to efficient remedies to enforce the constitutional provisions.

More from Franklin Pierce

  1. Frequently the more trifling the subject, the more animated and protracted the discussion.
  2. I wish I could indulge higher hope for the future of our country, but the aspect of any vision is fearfully dark and I cannot make it other…
  3. A Republic without parties is a complete anomaly. The histories of all popular governments show absurd is the idea of their attempting to e…
  4. Remember that time is money.
  5. You have summoned me in my weakness. You must sustain me by your strength.
  6. The stars upon your banner have become nearly threefold their original number; your densely populated possessions skirt the shores of the t…
  7. I speak of the war as fruitless; for it is clear that, prosecuted upon the basis of the proclamations of September 22d and September 24th, …
  8. The dangers of a concentration of all power in the general government of a confederacy so vast as ours are too obvious to be disregarded.

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