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Northern Democrats cast the votes which gave Texas to the south, and destroyed our own prosperity.
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gutenberg.orgHorace Mann: “Northern Democrats cast the votes which gave Texas to the south, and destroyed our own prosperity.”
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Mann criticizes Northern Democrats for their role in the annexation of Texas, which harmed Northern prosperity.
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