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The whole country was agitated by the reopening of a controversy which conservative men in different sections believed had been settled in every state and territory by some law beyond the danger of repeal.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “The whole country was agitated by the reopening of a controversy which conservative men in different sections believed…”
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Sherman describes the national agitation caused by reopening the slavery controversy.
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