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Northern subserviency to Southern dictation is the price paid by a Northern administration for Southern support.
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gutenberg.orgJosiah Quincy: “Northern subserviency to Southern dictation is the price paid by a Northern administration for Southern support.”
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Quincy critiques the political dynamics between the North and South in the United States during his time.
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