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Letter from Cassius M. Clay to Washington Republicans
In a Washington gathering Gov. Bingham reads a Cassius M. Clay letter praising the central National Republican Association, urging emancipation and arguing slavery hinders progress. Clay recalls his Lexington speech on African Slavery and Emancipation, asserting free labor outpaces slave labor in agriculture and industry and noting northern growth and capital strength.
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