Great debates in American history : from the debates in the British Parliament on the Colonial Stamp Act (1764-1765) to the debates in Congress at the close of the Taft administration (1912-1913) . nkind upon the Scribes and Phari-sees, who builded the tombs of the prophets and garnished thesepulchres of the righteous, and said, if they had lived in thedays of their fathers, they would not have been partakers withthem in the blood of the prophets, while they manifested a spiritwhich clearly proved them the legitimate descendants of thosewho killed the prophets, and thus filled up the measure o
Great debates in American history : from the debates in the British Parliament on the Colonial Stamp Act (1764-1765) to the debates in Congress at the close of the Taft administration (1912-1913) . nkind upon the Scribes and Phari-sees, who builded the tombs of the prophets and garnished thesepulchres of the righteous, and said, if they had lived in thedays of their fathers, they would not have been partakers withthem in the blood of the prophets, while they manifested a spiritwhich clearly proved them the legitimate descendants of thosewho killed the prophets, and thus filled up the measure of theirfathers iniquity? ]\Ir. Chairman, one of the gentlemen from Kentucky [] has pressed into his service the cause of humanity. Hehas pathetically urged us to withdraw our amendment and suf- 48 GREAT AMERICAN DEBATES fer this unfortunate population to be dispersed over the coun-try. He says they will be better fed. clothed, and sheltered,and their whole condition will be greatly improved. Sir, truehumanity disowns his invocation. The humanity to which heappeals is base coin; it is counterfeit, it is that humanity whichseeks to palliate disease by the application of nostrums, which. CALHOUN CONGBATUI-ATINQ CLAY ON HIS DEFENCE OP SLAVERYFrom the collection of the New York Historical Society scatter its seeds through the whole system—which saves a fingerto-day, but amputates the arm to-morrow. Sir. my heart re-sponds to the call of humanity; I will zealously unite in anypracticable means of bettering the condition of this oppressedpeople. I am ready to appropriate a territory to their use, andto aid them in settling it—but I am not willing, I never willconsent, to declare the whole country west of the Mississippi amarket overt for human flesh. In vain will you enact severelaws against the importation of slaves if you create for theman additional demand by opening the western world to their em-ployment. While a negro man is bought in Africa for a fewgewgaws or a bottl
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