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The North received this outrage with horror as the work of the slave power.
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This quote captures the North's reaction to the perceived injustices perpetrated by the slave power.
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But Tilden, conscious of the need of an anti-Tweed legislature, had surmised the Ring's plan as early as Tweed devised it, and he replied with firmness that everything beside the legislative ticket was of minor importance to him.
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