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The Bell and Everett campaign had been conducted upon the single and simple platform of the Union and the Constitution,--devotion to the Union, obedience to the Constitution.
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Blaine highlights the campaign of Bell and Everett as focused solely on the principles of the Union and the Constitution.
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