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Frederick Douglass: “The trouble was that the Republican party in the late campaign forgot for the moment its high mission as the party of…”

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The trouble was that the Republican party in the late campaign forgot for the moment its high mission as the party of great moral ideas, and sought victory on grounds far below its ordinary level.
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Frederick Douglass

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He criticizes the Republican party for losing sight of its moral mission during the campaign.

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