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James Beck: “Their equality in the Senate was a big price to pay for the Union, but, as the event has shown, not too great.”

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Their equality in the Senate was a big price to pay for the Union, but, as the event has shown, not too great.
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James Beck
Republican · Pennsylvania

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He acknowledges that the equality of representation in the Senate was a significant compromise for the Union's formation.

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