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The remedy was the Texas Boundary Bill, which surrendered a large belt of country to Texas and slavery, and gave her ten million dollars besides.
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Julian critiques the Texas Boundary Bill for its implications on slavery and land.
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It rallied the Whig masses like a grand battle-cry.
It was completely at war with the genius and spirit of democratic government.
The system of public plunder inaugurated by Jackson was in full blast, and an organized effort to reform it was the real need of the hour; but here was the weak point of the Whigs.
It was hollow and false, and the best men in the party felt it.
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