I mean to say that Congress can hereafter decide whether any states, slave or free, can be framed out of Texas. If they should never be framed out of Texas, they never could be admitted.
-- William H. Seward
   
William H. Seward   Name:
William H. Seward
Type:
Statesman
Nationality:
American
Birth:
May 16, 1801
Death:
October 10, 1872
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