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But now a Northern senator of remarkable ability, a party leader, a candidate for the Presidency, had reported the measure, and made it a test of Democratic faith, of administration fealty.
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Blaine notes the significance of a Northern senator's proposal regarding the repeal of the Missouri Compromise.
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