But I think if the men who signed that report, and the men who joined them in giving the assurance to the people, had been earnest and zealous in the matter it is quite likely they could have prevented the action of the Convention.
Hoar expresses his belief that more earnest efforts could have altered the Convention's actions.
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The irrepressible conflict had to be fought out.
When the treaty was signed, the struggle began between freedom and slavery for the control of this imperial domain.
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