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... Missouri Compromise , under the circumstances , was noth- ing less than violence . It was passed in violence , because it could not have passed at all but for the votes of many members in violence of the known will of their constituents ...
... Missouri Compromise , under the circumstances , was noth- ing less than violence . It was passed in violence , because it could not have passed at all but for the votes of many members in violence of the known will of their constituents ...
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... If , like Haman , they should hang upon the gallows of their own building , I shall not be among the mourners for their fate . In my humble sphere , I shall advocate the restoration of the Missouri Compromise so long [ 45 ]
... If , like Haman , they should hang upon the gallows of their own building , I shall not be among the mourners for their fate . In my humble sphere , I shall advocate the restoration of the Missouri Compromise so long [ 45 ]
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Abraham Lincoln H. Jack Lang. shall advocate the restoration of the Missouri Compromise so long as Kansas remains a Terri- tory , and when , by all these foul means , it seeks to come into the Union as a slave State , I shall oppose it ...
Abraham Lincoln H. Jack Lang. shall advocate the restoration of the Missouri Compromise so long as Kansas remains a Terri- tory , and when , by all these foul means , it seeks to come into the Union as a slave State , I shall oppose it ...
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