I have seen purer liqors, ...

I have seen purer liqors, better segars, finer tobacco, truer guns and pistols, larger dirks and bowie knives, and prettier women courtesans here in San Francisco than in any other place I have ever visited.
 Hinton Rowan Helper

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Slavery tolerates no freedom of the press, no freedom of speech, no freedom of opinion.
 Hinton Rowan Helper