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With this feeling there ran current a conviction that the measure adopted was forced by southern domination, and yielded to by ambitious northern dough- faces anxious to obtain southern support.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “With this feeling there ran current a conviction that the measure adopted was forced by southern domination, and yielded…”
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Sherman critiques the influence of southern interests on northern politicians during this period.
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