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It cannot be denied that this action of the Republican party was a severe reflection upon that prolonged agitation for prohibition of slavery in the Territories by Congressional enactment.
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Blaine critiques the Republican Party's actions as a significant rebuke to the earlier efforts to prohibit slavery in the Territories.
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