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Withdraw the slavery question from the political arena and remove it to the States and Territories, each to decide for itself, and such a catastrophe can never happen.
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Adlai Stevenson
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gutenberg.orgAdlai Stevenson: “Withdraw the slavery question from the political arena and remove it to the States and Territories, each to decide for…”
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Stevenson believes that if the slavery question is left to individual states, national conflict can be avoided.
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