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You got the old free soilers.
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The free soil party had existed in 1848 and in the 1852 elections
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remember, I told you they elected, what was it,
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four people to the house of representatives.
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But more importantly, that republican party now
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had tremendous--we're calling it now "crossover," aren't we--
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tremendous crossover appeal to northern democrats,
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Lifelong northern democrats who will
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now break with Stephen Douglas,
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Break with popular sovereignty,
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break with their own political lives,
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And join a new free-soil anti-slavery party.