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No, fellow-citizens, the more we yield to the demands of the south in order to save the Union, the more we may and must.
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Mann emphasizes the dangers of compromising principles for the sake of unity in the face of southern demands.
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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.
Can any man give a reason why Norfolk should not have grown like New York, other than the difference in the institutions of the people?
Not the most fertile soil, not mines of silver and gold, can make a nation rich, without intelligence.
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