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... Missouri . I have been thinking of this ever since , and can- not but think such a notion is utterly foolish . What can you do in Missouri better than here ? Is the land any richer ? Can you there , any more than here , raise corn and ...
... Missouri . I have been thinking of this ever since , and can- not but think such a notion is utterly foolish . What can you do in Missouri better than here ? Is the land any richer ? Can you there , any more than here , raise corn and ...
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... Missouri outrages upon the Kansas elections ; still , if Kansas fairly votes herself a slave State she must be admitted , or the Union must be dissolved . But how if she votes herself a slave State unfairly , that is , by the very means ...
... Missouri outrages upon the Kansas elections ; still , if Kansas fairly votes herself a slave State she must be admitted , or the Union must be dissolved . But how if she votes herself a slave State unfairly , that is , by the very means ...
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... Missouri compromise aroused me again . What I have done since then is pretty well known . If any personal description of me is thought de- sirable , it may be said I am , in height , six feet four inches , nearly ; lean in flesh ...
... Missouri compromise aroused me again . What I have done since then is pretty well known . If any personal description of me is thought de- sirable , it may be said I am , in height , six feet four inches , nearly ; lean in flesh ...
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