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If Missouri, and the states formed to the west of the River Mississippi, are permitted to introduce and establish slavery, the repose, if not the security, of the Union, may be endangered.
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gutenberg.orgJosiah Quincy: “If Missouri, and the states formed to the west of the River Mississippi, are permitted to introduce and establish…”
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Quincy expresses concern that allowing slavery in new states could threaten the Union's stability.
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