The imputation that his election will be the return to power of the old Democratic party is much like saying that he will cease to be himself, and that his surpassing individuality, making him so conspicuous, will be lost.
Here, Sumner argues against the notion that a candidate's election would signify a return to the old Democratic party's ways.
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