Having, as I trust, refuted the argument of the slaveholder, that the prohibition of slavery in the territories is an act of injustice to his rights, I will consider his next assertion, that it is an insult to his feelings.
Mann addresses the claims of slaveholders regarding the prohibition of slavery in territories, asserting it is not an injustice.
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