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... labor bestowed . In regard to the truthfulness and impartiality of the work , the author will only say that , while acknowledging frankly that all his convictions and sympathies have been with the cause of liberty and loyalty , he has ...
... labor bestowed . In regard to the truthfulness and impartiality of the work , the author will only say that , while acknowledging frankly that all his convictions and sympathies have been with the cause of liberty and loyalty , he has ...
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... , bringing the means of intel- lectual and moral culture to every child . Labor was liberally rewarded ; the emigrant from every clime was welcomed , there was food and land -- — - enough for all . Meanwhile , the nation 18 INTRODUCTION .
... , bringing the means of intel- lectual and moral culture to every child . Labor was liberally rewarded ; the emigrant from every clime was welcomed , there was food and land -- — - enough for all . Meanwhile , the nation 18 INTRODUCTION .
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... to be the home of one national family , and not of many . Remove slavery , and the people would gravitate into a homogeneous nationality . This antagonism , between free and slave labor , produced INTRODUCTION . 19 PAGE.
... to be the home of one national family , and not of many . Remove slavery , and the people would gravitate into a homogeneous nationality . This antagonism , between free and slave labor , produced INTRODUCTION . 19 PAGE.
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... labor . in the admission of the free states of California and Oregon . I shall sketch the desperate and fierce struggle between freedom and slavery for Kansas ; the first clashing there , by the belligerent forces , of the weapons of ...
... labor . in the admission of the free states of California and Oregon . I shall sketch the desperate and fierce struggle between freedom and slavery for Kansas ; the first clashing there , by the belligerent forces , of the weapons of ...
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... labor . The immediate and enormous profits of cotton growing gave a power to slavery never before felt . Then immediately arose a gigantic pecu- niary interest which found its gains in slavery . A powerful cotton and slave aristocracy ...
... labor . The immediate and enormous profits of cotton growing gave a power to slavery never before felt . Then immediately arose a gigantic pecu- niary interest which found its gains in slavery . A powerful cotton and slave aristocracy ...
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