The proposition of an established classification of states as slave states and free states, as insisted on by some, and into northern and southern, as mainta...

The proposition of an established classification of states as slave states and free states, as insisted on by some, and into northern and southern, as maintained by others, seems to me purely imaginary, and of course the supposed equilibrium of those classes a mere conceit.

quote by William H. Seward
Submitted by Lucian Velea
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