One thing is patent to all, some great issue must come up which will be of sufficient magnitude and general importance to arouse the people from the slough of indifference into which they have fallen since the settlement of the slavery issue.
She asserts that a significant issue must arise to awaken the public from their indifference post-slavery debate.
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