I do not wonder that its Presidential candidate has cried out in his distress, “Press the financial question!” Yes, press anything to make the country forget the disloyalty of the party,--anything to divert attention from the national flag, which they would dishonor.
Sumner criticizes the party's attempts to distract from its disloyalty by focusing on financial issues.
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They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
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