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In fine, the Republicans declared in plain terms that slavery should by positive law of the nation be excluded from the Territories.
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Blaine summarizes the Republican stance on slavery, advocating for its exclusion from U.S. territories through legislation.
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An avenging God cannot sleep while such things find countenance.
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Observing men in the loyal States regarded such a policy not only as weak and maudlin, but as utterly insufficient and assuredly dangerous to the future safety of the Government.
Such an opportunity would have been a menace to the public credit, and would have proved a constant source of corruption.
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