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... true , Connecticut has violated it ; true , Legislatures of other States have passed measures obnoxious to the South and it is equally true that the Congress of the United States , in answer to the demand of the South , has passed the ...
... true , Connecticut has violated it ; true , Legislatures of other States have passed measures obnoxious to the South and it is equally true that the Congress of the United States , in answer to the demand of the South , has passed the ...
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... true , and it will not justify our practice of enslav- ing the Africans . But the matter contained in the objection , is only true in part . The history of the slave - trade is too tragical to be read with out a bleeding heart and ...
... true , and it will not justify our practice of enslav- ing the Africans . But the matter contained in the objection , is only true in part . The history of the slave - trade is too tragical to be read with out a bleeding heart and ...
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... true boundary of Texas be ascertained and con- formed to , without prejudice on account of anything contained in this bill . Rejected : Yeas 23 ; Nays 30 . Mr. Benton moved an amendment intended to exclude from Texas every portion of ...
... true boundary of Texas be ascertained and con- formed to , without prejudice on account of anything contained in this bill . Rejected : Yeas 23 ; Nays 30 . Mr. Benton moved an amendment intended to exclude from Texas every portion of ...
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