In the beginning of the canvass I even found a considerable portion of my old anti-slavery friends unprepared to follow me; but feeling perfectly sure I was right, and that I could revolutionize the general opinion, I entered upon the work, and prosecuted it with all my might for nearly four months.
Julian recounts his determination to change public opinion on suffrage despite initial resistance from anti-slavery friends.
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It was completely at war with the genius and spirit of democratic government.
No sophistry could disguise this fact, nor could its significance be overstated.
They scourge the mining States and Territories with the unspeakable curse of uncertainty of land titles, as everywhere attested by incurable litigation and strife.
It was unrecognized by both parties, but it made its advent, and the men who pointed its way quietly served notice upon the country of their ulterior purposes.
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