Should the northern members of the House prove true to their constituencies and their pledges, they would never allow the territories to be organized without the proviso; and the fear of such a prohibition would exclude slavery from the territories, as certainly as the prohibition itself.
Mann expresses the belief that northern representatives must uphold their commitments to prevent slavery in new territories.
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