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I worked night and day for twelve years to prevent the war, but I could not. The North was mad and blind, would not let us govern ourselves, and so the war came.

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Never be haughty to the humble or humble to the haughty.

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Every one must understand that, whatever be the evil of slavery, it is not increased by its diffusion. Every one familiar with it knows that it is in proportion to its sparseness that it becomes less objectionable. Wherever there is an immediate connexion between the master and slave, whatever there is of harshness in the system is diminished.

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God forbid that the day should ever come when to be true to my constituents is to be hostile to the Union.

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To one who loves his country in all its parts, it is natural to rejoice in whatever contributes to the prosperity and honor and marks the stability and progress of any portion of its people.

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Slavery existed before the formation of this Union. It derived from the Constitution that recognition which it would not have enjoyed without the confederation. If the States had not united together, there would have been no obligation on adjoining States to regard any species of property unknown to themselves.

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Neither current events nor history show that the majority rule, or ever did rule.

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If the Confederacy fails, there should be written on its tombstone: Died of a Theory.

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To increase the power, develop the resources and promote the happiness of a Confederacy, it is requisite there should be so much of homogeneity that the welfare of every portion would be the aim of the whole.

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All we ask is to be let alone.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Leader

Born: June 3rd, 1808

Died: December 6th, 1889

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