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The letter of McClellan is a specimen of “how not to do it.” This is the prevailing idea,--how not to stand on the platform, how not to offend the Rebels, and how not to touch Slavery.
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Sumner critiques McClellan's letter as an example of poor political strategy regarding the platform and slavery.
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