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But there is a wide-spread political party, which, true to its history, now comes forward to save belligerent Slavery,--even at this last moment, when it is about to be trampled out forever.
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He critiques a political party for attempting to preserve slavery even as it faces defeat.
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The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
It is a cause which, though long kept in check throughout our country, as also in Europe, now confronts the people and their rulers, demanding to be heard.
According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
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