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With such facts before us, to say that the Union has been in danger is as absurd as to say that a whirlwind is raging when the leaf of the aspen is pendulous, and cannot be seen to move.
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gutenberg.orgHorace Mann: “With such facts before us, to say that the Union has been in danger is as absurd as to say that a whirlwind is raging…”
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Mann argues that claims of danger to the Union are exaggerated, using a vivid analogy.
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