It would appear that as in 1860 the exclusion of slavery from Kansas was definitely settled by the people of that state, and that as the only region open to this controversy was New Mexico, from which slavery was excluded by natural conditions, there was no reason or ground for an attempt to disrupt the Union.
Sherman asserts that the issue of slavery in Kansas was settled by the state's decision, suggesting no grounds for disrupting the Union over it.
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