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One of the members declared that if South Carolina again waited for co-operation, slavery and State-rights would be abandoned, State-sovereignty and the cause of the South would be lost forever.
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Blaine relays a member's warning that delaying action could lead to the loss of slavery and state rights in South Carolina.
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