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A violent agitation at once arose, continued for two years, and was finally allayed by the famous compromise of 1820.
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gutenberg.orgJames Blaine: “A violent agitation at once arose, continued for two years, and was finally allayed by the famous compromise of 1820.”
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Blaine describes the intense political agitation surrounding Missouri's admission, which was ultimately resolved by the compromise of 1820.
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The right of the General Government to preserve itself in its whole constitutional vigor by repelling a direct and positive aggression upon its property or its officers cannot be denied.
Under such circumstances, to send a military force into any State, with orders to act against the people, would be simply making war upon them.
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