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“I am now speaking of rights under the Constitution, and not of moral or religious rights. I do not discuss the morals of the people of Missouri, but let them settle that matter for themselves. I hold that the people of the slaveholding States are civilized men as well as ourselves, that they bear consciences as well as we, and that they are accountable to God and their posterity and not to us. It is for them to decide therefore the moral and religious right of the slavery question for themselves within their own limits.”

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Stephen A. Douglas
Stephen A. Douglas

Stephen A. Douglas was a prominent American politician known for his pivotal role in 19th-century U.S. politics. A masterful orator, he was also a proponent of reconciliation between the North and South before the Civil War. more

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