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After recounting the history of the Amistad case, Giddings, in his speech comments: &#8220;We ask no favors at the hands of those who advocate the slave trade, and I will frankly say to them, that I apprehend they will recede from the position which the President has assumed; that they will not dare sustain him.&#8221;   He urges that &#8220;he who holds &#8216;that this Government was constituted to secure the right to life, liberty, and happiness&#8217; to the people, will never vote to prostitute its powers to encourage the slave trade, to maintain oppression, or dishonor our race.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 13, 1854 The editor introduces extracts from this &#8220;timely, able and fearless speech&#8221;, Dec. 21, 1853, in the U. S. 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