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George F. Hoar: “But the Free Soil Party, of which the present Republican party is but the continuation under a change of name…”

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But the Free Soil Party, of which the present Republican party is but the continuation under a change of name, determined that no person should receive its support for any national office, who himself continued his association with either of the old political organizations.
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George F. Hoar
Massachusetts

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Hoar discusses the principles of the Free Soil Party and its stance against the old political organizations.

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