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It is indeed a dark day for democracy, gentlemen. Here we are, engaged in a life and death struggle against those who prop up that wicked, damnable practice of slavery. Those that think it is their God given right to deny others those same liberties they enjoy. And who should come to these wicked men's aid, but the that tangled viper's nest of nobility that is the crown heads of Europe? Yes, those who oppress the rights of their own citizens now say they know what is best for us. They violate the principles of the Monroe Doctrine by these actions. They meddle in affairs they have no right to meddle in. They announce they will side with the villains in the South. And for what? For a few bales of cotton?! They will deny freedom to millions of men and women for cotton? What next? Genocide for grain? Or how about mass rape for sugar?! Europe has just shown it's colors to the world, gentlemen. They have sold their souls in the name of commerce and cotton! He who sits above watches, and He judges. I believe He guide us in this great fight, and He will deliver his wrath upon those against us in the form of fire and destruction. If He will not, then we most certainly will.

[i]Representative Thaddeus Stevens speaking on the floor of the House of Representatives[/i]