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Selections from the Letters and Speeches of the Hon. James H. Hammond: Of South Carolina

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All Slavery Absurd Believe Born Civil War Civilization Class Corners Dogma Drudgery Duty Earth Edifice Equal Faces Fidelity Highest Intellect Littles Lows

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“I endorse without reserve the much-abused sentiment of Gov. M'Duffie, that "slavery is the corner stone of our Republican edifice;" while I repudiate, as ridiculously absurd, that much-lauded but nowhere accredited dogma of Mr. Jefferson, that "all men are born equal.”

Men Born Republican Equal Stones Slavery Corners Absurd Sentiments Dogma Reserves Edifice

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“Sir, I do firmly believe that domestic slavery, regulated as ours is, produces the highest toned, the purest, best organization of society that has ever existed on the face of the earth.”

Believe War Earth Faces Produce Highest Organization Slavery Civil War Regulation Planters

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“In all social systems there must be a class to do the menial duties, to perform the drudgery of life. That is, a class requiring but a low order of intellect and but little skill. Its requisites are vigor, docility, fidelity. Such a class you must have, or you would not have that other class which leads progress, civilization, and refinement.”

Littles Order Social Class Progress Duty Civilization Skills Lows Intellect Fidelity Vigor Refinement Drudgery Social Systems

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