Here at last, the Whig party had made a complete surrender of its integrity, and verified all that had ever been said by Free Soilers as to its treachery to freedom; and here, finally, these rival parties were tumbled together into the ditch of slavery, and wallowing in the mire of their degradation and shame.
Julian critiques the Whig party's betrayal of its principles regarding slavery.
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They thus undermine the morals of the people, and pave the way for violence and crime.
It rallied the Whig masses like a grand battle-cry.
It was completely at war with the genius and spirit of democratic government.
Moreover, men absorbed in a feverish and hazardous industry, and stimulated by the hope of sudden wealth, are not disposed to consider the advantages of permanent ownership and security of title.
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