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Neither let us be slandered from our duty by false accusations against us, nor frightened from it by menaces of destruction to the Government nor of dungeons to ourselves.

~George Haven Putnam

Topics: Accusation Against Destruction Dungeons Duty False Frightened Government Let Us Neither Nor Our Ourselves Us

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But you say you are conservative - eminently conservative - while we are revolutionary, destructive, or something of the sort. What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried?

~George Haven Putnam

Topics: Adherence Against Conservatism Conservative Destructive New Old Revolutionary Say Something Sort Tried While You

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John Brown's effort was peculiar. It was not a slave insurrection.

~George Haven Putnam

Topics: Brown Effort Insurrection John Peculiar Slave

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An enthusiast broods over the oppression of a people till he fancies himself commissioned by Heaven to liberate them. He ventures the attempt, which ends in little else than his own execution.

~George Haven Putnam

Topics: Attempt Commissioned Else Ends Enthusiast Execution Fancy He Heaven Himself His Liberate Little Oppression Over Own People Than Them Till Ventures Which

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Your purpose, then, plainly stated, is, that you will destroy the Government, unless you be allowed to construe and enforce the Constitution as you please, on all points in dispute between you and us.

~George Haven Putnam

Topics: Allowed Between Constitution Destroy Dispute Enforce Government Plainly Please Points Purpose Stated Then Unless Us Will You Your

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We have been so trying to convince them from the very beginning of our organization, but with no success.

~George Haven Putnam

Topics: Been Beginning Convince Organization Our Success Them Trying Very

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Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.

~George Haven Putnam

Topics: Dare Duty End Faith Let Us Makes Might Our Right Understand Us

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Soldier

Born: April 2nd, 1844

Died: February 27th, 1930

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