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Admission of Kansas to the Union and slavery conflicts
Senator Seward argues for immediate admission of Kansas, frames slavery as a global moral and political issue, traces the Missouri and Compromise histories, and warns that the Union risks disunion if slavery expands in new territories. He contrasts capital slave states with labor free states, urging preservation of liberty and representative government.
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