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I never said any thing to give countenance or color to such a declaration.
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Mann denies having ever supported the idea that he would prefer disunion over the extension of slavery.
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The general system of slaveholding farmers and planters, in all times and places, has been, and now is, and ever will be, to cultivate much land, badly, for present gain,--in short, to kill the goose that lays the golden egg.
Of all the states in this Union, not one has on the whole such various and abundant resources for manufacturing as our own Virginia, both East and West.
Did the law ever contemplate so cruel and revengeful a proceeding?
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