Compelling the National Government to stretch its Briarean arms into the Free States for the sake of Slavery, you show openly how it may stretch these same hundred giant arms into the Slave States for the sake of Freedom.
He critiques the national government's involvement in state matters regarding slavery, warning of potential future implications.
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