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VERI

STAS

HARVARD

COLLEGE

LIBRARY

SPEECH

OF

MR. HORACE MANN, OF MASS.,

ON

THE RIGHT OF CONGRESS TO LEGISLATE FOR THE TERRITORIES
OF THE UNITED STATES,

AND ITS

DUTY TO EXCLUDE SLAVERY THEREFROM.

DELIVERED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, IN COMMITTEE OF THE
WHOLE, JUNE 30, 1848.

WASHINGTON:

PRINTED BY J. & G. S. GIDEON.