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The Compromise Acts of 1850 had not abrogated that line, and related only to our Mexican acquisitions; but they had affirmed a principle, and if that principle was sound, the Missouri restriction was indefensible.
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Julian critiques the Compromise Acts of 1850 and their implications on slavery restrictions.
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