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 And these words were applied to men who simply expressed the recorded sentiments of Washington, Jefferson and Franklin.

Even during the present session of Congress, I find in the Congressional Globe the following interruptions of, when speaking on Slavery. I do not characterize them, but simply cite them:

By, of Mississippi:

By, of South-Carolina, addressing :

By, of Georgia, (in his seat:)

By, of Mississippi, again:

By, of South-Carolina:

By, of Mississippi:

By, of Mississippi, again:

By of Mississippi, again:

By, of Virginia:

But enough — enough; and I now turn from this branch of the argument with a single remark. While exhibiting the Character of Slave-masters, these numerous instances — and they might be multiplied indefinitely — attest the weakness of their cause. It requires no special talent to estimate the insignificance of an argument that can be supported only by violence. The scholar will not forget the story told by Lucian of the colloquy between Jupiter and a simple countryman. They talked with ease and freedom until they differed, when the angry god at once menaced his honest opponent with a thunder-bolt. "Ah! ah!" said the clown, with perfect composure, "now, Jupiter, I know you are wrong. You are always wrong when you