On the record
I am quite aware that the subject of Slavery has been regarded, by many, as sectional; and the agitation of it in the North needless, and injurious to our peace and the country's welfare.
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Henry Ward Beecher
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Beecher acknowledges the contentious nature of the slavery debate and its perceived sectional implications.
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