...without a protest; he drew up one worded most guardedly but declaring plainly that " the undersigned believe that the institution of slavery is founded on both injustice and bad policy." In the Assembly he could find only one member who would add his signature to the document, but he nevertheless...

...protest was presented to the House, which was read and ordered to be spread on the i journals, to wh : Resolutions upon the subject of domestic slavery having...slavery is founded on both injustice and bad policy, but * "The first formal declaration against the system of slavery that was made in any legislative body...

...protest was presented to the House, which was read and ordered to be spread on the journals, to wit : Resolutions upon the subject of domestic slavery having...slavery is founded on both injustice and bad policy, but * "The first formal declaration against the system of slavery that was made in any legislative body...

...period of his life is a protest recorded in the Legislature in this same session, on March 3, 1837. " Resolutions upon the subject of domestic slavery,...same. " They believe that the institution of slavery ia founded on both injustice and bad policy, but that the promulgation of abolition doctrines tends...

...following protest which was read and ordered to be recorded: ''Representative from the county of Sangamon. "Resolutions upon the subject of domestic slavery having passed both branches of the General Absembly at its present session, the undersigned hereby protest against the passage of the same. "They...

...which had just passed such a vote stood up all the height of his six feet and four inches and declared that "the institution of slavery is founded on both injustice and bad policy"—it would have been hard to find two more rotten pegs to stand anything upon! But of the five...

...is the text of the protest, an undoubted composition of Lincoln, now 27 years old : "Resolutions on the subject of domestic slavery having passed both...believe that the institution of slavery is founded both on injustice and bad policy, but that the promulgation of Abolition doctrines tends rather to...

...abolish the system in the states; but he did urge his associates to place on record the declaration that "they believe that the institution of slavery is founded on both injustice and bad policy." This language, in the light of a later day, is mild to the degree of timidity, but when it was written,...

...notable deliverance, made fifteen years later, will show 'The following is a full text of the paper: "Resolutions upon the subject of domestic slavery...session, the undersigned hereby protest against the passing of the same. They believe that the institution of slavery is founded on both injustice and...

...moral wrong. His feeling in the matter was expressed in a protest containing the following words: " Resolutions upon the subject of domestic slavery having...of the General Assembly at its present session, the imdersigned hereby protest against the passage of the same. They believe that the institution of slavery...