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If that party had been content with the compromise of 1850, and had faithfully observed the pledges in its platform, there would have been no Civil War.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “If that party had been content with the compromise of 1850, and had faithfully observed the pledges in its platform…”
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Sherman argues that adherence to the 1850 compromise could have prevented the Civil War.
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