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The country, he declared, was tired of the agitation of slavery, which had ceased to be a political question.
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gutenberg.orgDe Alexander: “The country, he declared, was tired of the agitation of slavery, which had ceased to be a political question.”
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This quote expresses a sentiment of fatigue regarding the ongoing debates over slavery in the political arena.
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