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Armstrong is very much depressed by the anti-slavery outlook. He is somewhat cheered by the failure of Franklin Pierce and Stephen A. Douglas to obtain the Democratic nomination. He calls attention to certain articles in a Bristol newspaper, "The Christian Inquirer," and the "National Anti-Slavery Standard." Armstrong praises Reverend Moncure Daniel Conway and Senator Charles Sumner.
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