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But, if California could be admitted as a state, said Polk, “the whole difficulty would be settled, and … the Free-soil agitators or abolitionists of the North would be prostrate and powerless … the country would be quieted, and the Union preserved.”

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But, if California could be admitted as a state, said Polk, “the whole difficulty would be settled, and … the Free-soil agitators or abolitionists of the North would be prostrate and powerless … the country would be quieted, and the Union preserved.”

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Free-soil, it struck the keynote of popular sentiment; divided the

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Seymour and the Free-soil Democrats began talking of him for President in 1852, when the wily old Regency tactician mellowed toward them.

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Free-soil Democrats were there to punish the assassins of

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The Free-soil faction divided the Democratic vote nearly by two, giving Van Buren

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Anti-slavery Whigs found companionship with Free-soil Democrats; the titles of "Nebraska" and

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The Free-soil faction professed to retain its principles; and, by placing several

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Free-soil movement, 126-44; prohibition of, in Territories, 282; platform of Rep. party, 282.

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The readiness with which he formulated answers to arguments in the Polk campaign, his sympathy with the Free-soil movement, the canal policy, and the common school system, produced a marked impression upon the dawning wisdom of his readers.

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