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... slavery . The instant you do they have us under again : all our labor is lost , and sooner or later must be done over ... slave statutes not only were clumsily enforced in the North but denied in prin- ciple by the personal liberty laws ...
... slavery . The instant you do they have us under again : all our labor is lost , and sooner or later must be done over ... slave statutes not only were clumsily enforced in the North but denied in prin- ciple by the personal liberty laws ...
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... slavery additional soil in Mexico , Cuba , and points south.1 The Presi- dent Elect did not want slave territory to expand in any direc- tion by any method . " I am sorry any Republican , " he told a Hoosier politician in December ...
... slavery additional soil in Mexico , Cuba , and points south.1 The Presi- dent Elect did not want slave territory to expand in any direc- tion by any method . " I am sorry any Republican , " he told a Hoosier politician in December ...
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... slavery in the slave States by Congressional action , we are satisfied that the whole Republican party , to allay their fears , are willing , by constitutional amendment or otherwise , to deprive Congress of any such power ; and again ...
... slavery in the slave States by Congressional action , we are satisfied that the whole Republican party , to allay their fears , are willing , by constitutional amendment or otherwise , to deprive Congress of any such power ; and again ...
Contents
PREFACE V | 3 |
THE BATTLE OF FACTION | 152 |
COMPROMISES AND COMPROMISERS | 190 |
Copyright | |
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