A Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson
The whole constitution of property on its present tenures, is injurious, and its influence on persons deteriorating and degrading.
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Being about to land on the soil of North Carolina, the general commanding desires his soldiers to remember that they are here to support the Constitution and the laws, to put down rebellion, and to protect the persons and property of the loyal and peaceable citizens of the State.
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