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The platform surrenders to Slavery out of the Union, and, in proposing a “cessation of hostilities,” prepares the way for recognition of the Rebel States.
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Sumner critiques the Chicago platform for its perceived capitulation to slavery during the Civil War.
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The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
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The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
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