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Excerpt from The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States, With an Appendix Containing Important State Papers and Public Documents, and All the Laws of a Public Nature: With a Copious Index; Fifteenth Congress, Second Session, Comprising the Period From November 16, 1818, to March 3, 1819, Inclusive, Compiled From Authentic Materials Mr. Chairman, said Mr. T., I too sensibly feel the value of your time, to proceed in this discus sion. I have touched, but with the utmost brev: ity, the most prominent objections which have been urged against the amendment: less I could not say in justice to myself - meh more I ought to say in justice to the subject. The general con siderations which I had the honor to s when in committee on the Missouri hilf are equally applicable on the present occasion. I will not repeat them - they are fresh in your re. Collection. Ma the future inhabitants of Ark ansas approve t e decision we now shall make I ask no more. Let their interebts be our ids and the further introduction of slavery wig!n not contaminate their borders. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.