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Members joined in the general shouting, which was kept up for several minutes, many embracing each other, and others completely surrendering themselves to their tears of joy.
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Julian shares the emotional reactions of members of Congress celebrating the passage of the amendment.
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It is not a mistake merely, but a great misfortune, that our laws touching so delicate and vital a question as the ownership and transfer of mineral lands were not so framed as to avert these frightful evils.
It was hollow and false, and the best men in the party felt it.
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