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Now my vote shall help no new State to take a place in this Union, with Senators in this body, unless purged of this poison.
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He declares his refusal to support the admission of new states that are tainted by slavery.
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The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
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