The whole question of slavery was thus reopened, for the sacredness of the compact of 1820 and the wickedness of its violation depended largely upon the character of slavery itself, and our constitutional relations to it.
Julian discusses the reopening of the slavery debate and its constitutional implications.
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They thus undermine the morals of the people, and pave the way for violence and crime.
No sophistry could disguise this fact, nor could its significance be overstated.
The efforts to belittle his merits and defile his good name became systematic, and degenerated into the most unpardonable personal abuse and political defamation.
It was hollow and false, and the best men in the party felt it.
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