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George Julian: Its demand was a slave code for the Territories, and it would accept nothing less.

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Its demand was a slave code for the Territories, and it would accept nothing less.
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George Julian
Republican · Indiana

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He emphasizes the uncompromising demand for a slave code in the Territories as a critical issue of the time.

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