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1 2| Though the Fugitive Slave Law had not been the subject 2 2| Therefore,... the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 must be repealed." 3 2| reason why an iniquitous law should be repealed. The 4 8| I have read a recent law of this State, making it 5 17| that whatever the human law may be, neither an individual 6 18| enact the Fugitive Slave Law - I will accuse him of foolishness, 7 19| said about trampling this law under foot. Why, one need 8 19| his way to do that. This law rises not to the level of 9 22| The law will never make men free; 10 22| who have got to make the law free. They are the lovers 11 22| They are the lovers of law and order who observe the 12 22| and order who observe the law when the government breaks 13 23| pronounces the verdict of the law, but he, whoever he may 14 23| world who can discern only law. He finds himself constituted 15 27| speaking of the Fugitive Slave Law, and the carrying back of 16 33| No matter how valuable law may be to protect your property, 17 34| to pass sentence under a law which is merely contrary 18 34| is merely contrary to the law of God. I am compelled to 19 35| whether the Fugitive Slave Law is right, but whether it 20 35| impertinent to ask whether a law is constitutional or not, 21 38| who recognize a higher law than the Constitution, or 22 39| can find no respectable law or precedent which sanctions