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During the anti-slavery struggle Tilden's incapacity to measure the moral force of public sentiment had undoubtedly kept him in error.
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This passage reflects on Tilden's failure to grasp the moral implications of public sentiment during the anti-slavery movement.
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And what have I to lose by withdrawing and leaving the party unembarrassed?
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Its attitude was strong, defiant, and its only purpose apparently was to create a public sentiment hostile to the extension of slavery.
This reckless claim amazed his friends as much as it aroused his enemies, and he at once became the object of most cutting reproaches.
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