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... Missouri Compro- mise is sought to be justified , are these : First , that the Nebraska country needed a territorial govern- ment . Second , that in various ways , the public had repudiated it , and demanded the repeal ; and therefore ...
... Missouri Compro- mise is sought to be justified , are these : First , that the Nebraska country needed a territorial govern- ment . Second , that in various ways , the public had repudiated it , and demanded the repeal ; and therefore ...
Page 164
... Missouri law -showing that it intended no more than it expressed - showing that the line was not intended as a universal dividing line between free and slave territory , present and prospective - north of which slavery could never go ...
... Missouri law -showing that it intended no more than it expressed - showing that the line was not intended as a universal dividing line between free and slave territory , present and prospective - north of which slavery could never go ...
Page 165
... Missouri line , we never thought of disturbing the original Missouri Compromise , is found in the facts , that there was then , and still is , an unorganized tract of fine country , nearly as large as the state of Missouri , lying im ...
... Missouri line , we never thought of disturbing the original Missouri Compromise , is found in the facts , that there was then , and still is , an unorganized tract of fine country , nearly as large as the state of Missouri , lying im ...
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