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But such as these can be no cloak to that Democratic party which at Chicago openly struck hands with Jefferson Davis, and undertook to do for him what he cannot do for himself.
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Sumner condemns the Democratic party for its alliance with Jefferson Davis, emphasizing their betrayal of the Union.
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