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In speaking of the Breckinridge party, I confess myself at the outset perplexed between abhorrence of its dogma and respect for its frankness.
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Sumner expresses his conflicting feelings about the Breckinridge party, balancing disdain for its beliefs with an acknowledgment of its honesty.
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