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In similar strain, I would say, “Where Liberty is, there is my party.” Such an organization is now happily constituted here in Massachusetts, and in all the Free States, under the name of REPUBLICAN PARTY.
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Sumner draws a parallel between Franklin's sentiment and the mission of the Republican Party.
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