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In my reply I repeated my position in respect to the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, declaring: "If the repeal was wrong all northern and southern men alike ought to help to reinstate that restriction.
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Sherman reaffirms his stance on the Missouri Compromise in a reply during a debate.
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