If Texas meant to abide by the resolutions of annexation, and to claim any thing under them, it was her clear and imperative duty forthwith to pass a law, securing freedom to every inhabitant north of the compromise line.
Mann argues that Texas must secure freedom for inhabitants north of the compromise line to honor the annexation resolutions.
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