Gerrit Smith's Quote - It is not to be disguised, that a war has broken out between the N

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It is not to be disguised, that a war has broken out between the North and the South. – Political and commercial men are industriously striving to restore peace: but the peace, which they would effect, is superficial, false, and temporary. – Gerrit Smith

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I trust, that your readers will not construe my words to mean, that I would not have gone to a 3 oclock in the morning session, for the sake of defeating the Nebraska bill. – Gerrit Smith

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True, permanent peace can never be restored, until slavery, the occasion of the war, has ceased. – Gerrit Smith

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The only ground on which a neutral State can claim respect at the hands of belligerents is, that, so far as she is concerned, their rights are protected. – Gerrit Smith

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