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I lay down this great principle: I think the Free Soil party should act at any time, on any point, with any party through whom they can help the cause of freedom.
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Horace Mann
Free Soil · Massachusetts

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Mann articulates a principle for the Free Soil party to collaborate with others to advance freedom.

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