As much as I value an union of all the states, I would not admit the southern states into the union, unless they agreed to the discontinuance of this disgraceful trade, because it would bring weakness and not strength to the union.
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That'd be cool. Some of our threes (Thursday) night didn't have a chance. I knew they weren't going in as they left the hand.
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