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It created a profound impression throughout the free States, and became a powerful weapon in the hands of Republicans.
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gutenberg.orgGeorge Julian: “It created a profound impression throughout the free States, and became a powerful weapon in the hands of Republicans.”
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Julian notes the significant impact of a particular opinion on the anti-slavery movement in free states.
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They cripple a great national industry and source of wealth, and insult the principles of American jurisprudence.
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.
Custom, and the faculty of adaptation, have a very reconciling influence upon communities as well as individuals.
Moreover, men absorbed in a feverish and hazardous industry, and stimulated by the hope of sudden wealth, are not disposed to consider the advantages of permanent ownership and security of title.
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