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... South , only $ 5.34 ; therefore , as there 331,000,000 acres held by non - slaveholders in the South , their land is depreciated $ 22.73 per acre . The Southern domestic institution owes the country this difference , as the amount of ...
... South , only $ 5.34 ; therefore , as there 331,000,000 acres held by non - slaveholders in the South , their land is depreciated $ 22.73 per acre . The Southern domestic institution owes the country this difference , as the amount of ...
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... South , whose rights they have almost totally ignored . The question of abolition has been put forward invariably as ... South that in this , as in other cases , they had been unfairly dealt with by the legislature . In fact , since the ...
... South , whose rights they have almost totally ignored . The question of abolition has been put forward invariably as ... South that in this , as in other cases , they had been unfairly dealt with by the legislature . In fact , since the ...
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... south of the line was looked on , and most fairly so , as illegal and unjus- tifiable , while the manner in which it was conducted was as ruffianly as it was otherwise in defiance of all law and reason . The impression , founded on many ...
... south of the line was looked on , and most fairly so , as illegal and unjus- tifiable , while the manner in which it was conducted was as ruffianly as it was otherwise in defiance of all law and reason . The impression , founded on many ...
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... South had become so virulent , that such men as Clay , Webster , & c . , saw that a disruption was inevi- table . They knew that , constitutionally , the South were right in resisting the open aggression of the North , and , morally ...
... South had become so virulent , that such men as Clay , Webster , & c . , saw that a disruption was inevi- table . They knew that , constitutionally , the South were right in resisting the open aggression of the North , and , morally ...
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... done , and the right according to law which the South undoubtedly had , that swayed the nation in 1852 , in their choice of Peirce - a New Hampshire candidate , who was in favour of carrying out the 24 REAL REASON FOR SECESSION .
... done , and the right according to law which the South undoubtedly had , that swayed the nation in 1852 , in their choice of Peirce - a New Hampshire candidate , who was in favour of carrying out the 24 REAL REASON FOR SECESSION .
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