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Benjamin Watkins Leigh

Description

Benjamin Watkins Leigh (1781-1849) was appointed to an empty Senatorial seat from Virginia in 1834. During the hysteria over Abolitionist publications in 1835, he famously said that Virginians had the right “to suppress to the utmost of our power what we deem inflammatory, dangerous, mischievous."

Bibliographic Citation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_W._Leigh

Language

English

Rights

Public Domain

Source

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_W._Leigh

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Location of Related Text in Issue

1834-03-13 p.03.23

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Benjamin Watkins Leigh (1781-1849)