I said that the election in the whole State was carried by a conspiracy reaching from one end of the State to the other, of which the candidate for Governor was the head, to obtain the control of the State, and by this means take the loyalists away from the protecting arms of Congress.
In this statement, Sumner accuses a conspiracy behind the election aimed at undermining loyalists and gaining control of the state.
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Let loyalty to one man be exchanged for Love to Man.
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
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