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T gave color and character to the combination. The whole compound was
Abolitionized. It was not, indeed, the voting strength, although this
was considerable, that the Abolitionists brought to the Republican
organization, that made them the real progenitors of that party. It is
possible that the other constituents entering into it, which were drawn
from the Anti-Slavery Whigs, the "Anti-Nebraska" Democrats, the
"Barnburner" Democrats of New York, the "Know-Nothings," etc., numbered
more in the aggregate than the Abolitionists it included; but it was not
so much the number of votes the Abolitionists contributed that made them
the chief creators of the Republican party, as it was their working and
fighting ability. They had undergone a thorough training. For nearly
twenty years they had been in the field in active serv