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The Missouri Compact, in its unperformed obligations to Freedom, stands at this day as impregnable as the Louisiana purchase.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “The Missouri Compact, in its unperformed obligations to Freedom, stands at this day as impregnable as the Louisiana…”
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Sumner asserts that the Missouri Compact's obligations to freedom remain strong and unbroken, likening it to the significance of the Louisiana Purchase.
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