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If Governor Curtin could have presented no other issue to the voters of Pennsylvania, he would undoubtedly have shared the fate which Wilmot met when he had these anti-slavery questions as his only platform.
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gutenberg.orgJames Blaine: “If Governor Curtin could have presented no other issue to the voters of Pennsylvania, he would undoubtedly have shared…”
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Blaine suggests that without a strong issue, Curtin would have faced electoral defeat like Wilmot.
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