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The great State of Kentucky, important as well from its central position as from the known prowess and courage of its people, hung suspended in doubt between loyalty and secession.
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Sherman discusses Kentucky's precarious position between loyalty and secession.
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Morrill's bill is a great improvement on the tariff of 1857.
He took strong ground against the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, and in 1859 was a competitor with me for the position of speaker, but withdrew in my favor after the first ballot.
I have given my views, speaking for no other man, frankly and fearlessly, and I will stand by them now and in the future.
Thus the Kansas question became a political question in the Supreme Court.
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