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Indeed, it is scarcely an exaggeration to say that the great civil war, which shook a continent, was precipitated by the fact that the South-Carolina Legislature assembled at the unpropitious moment.
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Blaine asserts that the assembly of the South-Carolina Legislature played a crucial role in triggering the Civil War.
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