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If left to the States individually, the result, besides being tardy, will be uncertain and fragmentary.
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He warns that relying on individual states for enfranchisement will lead to inconsistent results.
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It is clear that the only question of present practical interest arises from the usurpations of the Slave Power and the efforts to extend Slavery.
Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
Above all, welcome to the united regenerated Democracy of the North, which spurns the mockery of a Republic, with professions of Freedom on the lips, while the chains of Slavery clank in the Capitol!
They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
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