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It is worthy of consideration whether justice may not be done to every interest in this matter, and a vexed question set at rest, perhaps forever, by a reasonable compromise of conflicting opinions.
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gutenberg.orgMartin Van Buren: “It is worthy of consideration whether justice may not be done to every interest in this matter, and a vexed question set…”
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Van Buren proposes that a reasonable compromise could resolve conflicting opinions on land issues.
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