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They were not to be deluded now by a nominal equality of rights in Territories where, in a long contest for supremacy, they were sure to be outnumbered, outvoted, and finally excluded by organic enactment.
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Blaine emphasizes the Southern perspective on their political disadvantages in territories, highlighting their fears of being outnumbered.
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