Buchanan's administration was the veto of a similar measure, at the bidding of his Southern masters; and the friends of the policy had learned in the struggle of a dozen years that its success was not possible while slavery ruled the government.
Julian criticizes Buchanan's administration for blocking a measure that would have benefited anti-slavery efforts.
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