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A Union with slavery spared and reinstated would not be worth the cost of saving it.
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gutenberg.orgGeorge Julian: “A Union with slavery spared and reinstated would not be worth the cost of saving it.”
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Julian argues that preserving the Union while maintaining slavery would be an unworthy endeavor, questioning the value of such a union.
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