There were thousands of abolitionists who were free traders.
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The mongers brought them together upon a mutual surrender of their principles.
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Mr. Tyler acquired Texas by voluntary compact, and Mr. Polk California and New Mexico by successful war.
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Give us equality of enjoyment, equal right to expansion - it is as necessary to our prosperity as yours.
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This position of this Northern party brought about the troubles of 1850, and the political excitement of 1854.
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The basis, the corner-stone of this Government, was the perfect equality of the free, sovereign, and independent States which made it.
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They demanded a monopoly of the coasting trade, in order to get higher freights than they could get in open competition with the carriers of the world.
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In 1790 we had less than eight hundred thousand slaves. Under our mild and humane administration of the system they have increased above four millions.
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They enlarged the domains of commerce by treaties with all nations, upon the great principle of equal justice to all nations, and special favors to none.
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Certainly there was no just cause of complaint from the Northern States - no advantage was ever sought or obtained by them for their section of the Republic.
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