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The South, of course, was a perfect unit, and fully resolved upon the spread of slavery over our Territories.
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gutenberg.orgGeorge Julian: “The South, of course, was a perfect unit, and fully resolved upon the spread of slavery over our Territories.”
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Julian critiques the South's unified stance on the expansion of slavery into new territories.
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