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Webster had always held, that slavery would invade the new territories if not barred out of them by positive law.
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gutenberg.orgHorace Mann: “Webster had always held, that slavery would invade the new territories if not barred out of them by positive law.”
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Mann references Webster's consistent belief that slavery would encroach upon new territories unless legally restricted.
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