An Illinois committee once resolved that "the purposes of ______________ are highly reprehensible, and that their ends, even if peaceably attained, would be productive of the most deleterious consequences for every portion of the Union."
What group of miscreants might fill in the blank? Thieves? Adulterers? Lousy cooks? Something enough to arouse the condemnation of a state.
In fact, it was "abolitionists." Those who freed slaves. Nowadays, who would defend slavery so vehemently? It goes to show how strongly rooted old habits can be, no matter how illogical.
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