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The reason for claiming the supreme right of legislation for the territorial inhabitants, is the hope that they will establish slavery within their borders.
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Mann argues that the claim for legislative rights in territories is driven by the desire to establish slavery.
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A southern slave stands higher, politically, than a northern laborer, if the latter must vote as his employer dictates.
Why, fellow-citizens, the ballot is worse than useless, if it be not FREE!
Better be debarred from the privilege of voting at all, than to be mocked with the form, while cheated of the substance.
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