his country, than any man who ever lived in our country - and it was he who taught me to hate slavery; it was in his school I was brought up. If I am, sir, an Abolitionist, Jefferson made me one; and I only regret that the disciple should be so far behind the master both in doctrine and in practice." Further reading Benjamin Franklin Morris, The Life of Thomas Morris: Pioneer and Long a Legislator of Ohio, and U. S. Senator from 1833 to 1839 (Cincinnati, Ohio: Moore, Wilstach, Keys & Overend, 1956). References External links Benjamin Franklin Morris, The Life of Thomas Morris: Pioneer and Long a Legislator of Ohio, and U. S. Senator from 1833 to 1839 (Cincinnati, Ohio: Moore, Wilstach, Keys & Overend, 1856). |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- 1776 births 1844 deaths People from Berks County, Pennsylvania Ohio Democratic-Republicans Ohio Jacksonians Jacksonian United States senators from Ohio Democratic Party United States senators from Ohio Ohio Libertyites Liberty Party (United States, 1840) vice presidential nominees 1844 United States vice-presidential candidates Democratic Party members of the Ohio House of Representatives Democratic Party Ohio state senators Justices of the Ohio Supreme Court People from Bethel, Ohio