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For the first time in the history of the country, a political party organized on the express doctrine, and with the avowed purpose, of overthrowing t… - Benjamin Stanton
" "For the first time in the history of the country, a political party organized on the express doctrine, and with the avowed purpose, of overthrowing the Government, in the event of their being unable to control it through the ballot-box. It is asserted here by gentlemen on the other side—by one portion of them—that if a Republican President shall be elected, they will resist his inauguration forcibly. That is one proposition made on the other side of the House, by the Democratic Party.
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Benjamin Stanton (4 June 1809 – 2 June 1872) was an American politician from Ohio and a member of the U.S. Republican Party.
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Another portion say that, if a Republican President is elected, they will secede from the confederacy, and organize a separate and independent Confederacy of their own. Whether that constitutes treason or not, is a matter of opinion, and may be a matter of controversy; but it is, nevertheless, equally fatal to the perpetuity of the existing Government and the existing institutions of the country.
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