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It is idle, therefore, for them to impute their depressed condition to unjust and partial legislation, since they have from the very first controlled the action of Congress.
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Lewis Tappan
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Tappan argues that the South's economic struggles cannot be blamed on external legislation, as they have historically held power in Congress.
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