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If you're looking for a more serious reference, Freehling's Road to Disunion devotes a chapter to the subject.

You realize you just posted a link to an idea created by a secret society headquartered in the North, right?

That's what I get for citing Wikipedia. But the idea was also brought up by actual southern politicians, particularly in the discussions at the end of the Mexican War.

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