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d, and the united North would have a preponderance of the House of Representatives and of the electoral vote. Yet, this was no easy task, and it could not be performed by the Federalist party. It must be done by new men, under new names; for the hold of the Republican party on the affections of the people was too strong to be easily loosened. The opportunity came when Missouri applied for admission in December, 1818. In the House, Mr. Tallmadge, of New York, offered an amendment, February 13, 1819,to the bill for Missouri's admission, imposing the restriction that all persons born in the State should be free, and providing for the gradual emancipation. After an exciting debate, in which Mr. Tallmadge pressed his amendment with signal eloquence and ability, it was adopted February 16th by a vote of 87 to 76, and the amended bill passed by vote of 97 to 56. （Benton's Abridgment, vol. 6, pp. 333, 356.) All party ties were discarded, and new bonds of sympathy were suddenly formed.