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The men who made iLc Declaration said I thU. Did they meaa it, or did they solemnly assert what they thought to be false? Did they mean that “all*' men, or uso:nenicn are created equal? Inoth-i er words did they mean to sty that all men are not created equal ? No ; they j meant whnt they said; and they said I 41 men.1' Not white men, nor black men. nor yellow, red, brown, or motley men ; cot Americans nor Englishmen. ror French-. men, nor Germans, nor Irishmen, norlral- j ians. nor Hindoos, nor Chinese, nor Ma- j lays, nor A friesns, nor East or West Indians. Not short men. nor tall men, nor fat, lean, or dumpy men; not smart men, i nor stupid, mean, foolish.good, bad, or in-different men. The fathers said what they meant, and meant what they said.— ' They meant all mmt and caliing God and j the world «o witness, they raid all meD.— j Their doctrine may hare been false, bdt they believed it to be true—and acting upon it they published the Declaration, ani upon the principles of the Declaration the Constitution was founded.
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The Big Blue Union
Marysville, Kansas, US
Sat, Aug 16, 1862
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