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They argued that as slavery was the cause of the war and the obstacle to peace, it was the duty of the Government to lay hold of the conscience of the quarrel, and strike at slavery as the grand rebel.
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gutenberg.orgGeorge Julian: “They argued that as slavery was the cause of the war and the obstacle to peace, it was the duty of the Government to lay…”
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Julian presents the argument that the government must confront slavery directly to resolve the conflict and achieve peace.
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It is not a mistake merely, but a great misfortune, that our laws touching so delicate and vital a question as the ownership and transfer of mineral lands were not so framed as to avert these frightful evils.
Was some miracle to be wrought through which the slave-masters were to be transfigured into negro apostles and devotees?
In the light of this fact alone, it is impossible to account for the perfectly unbounded and irrepressible enthusiasm which swept over the land during the campaign, and so signally routed the forces of Democracy.
And the misfortune of this legislation is heightened by the probability of its continuance; for it is not easy to uproot a body of laws once accepted by a people, however mischievous in their character.
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