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Mr. Crittenden.

The appointment of Mr. Crittenden to the Supreme Court Bench has not yet occurred. We can imagine Seward & Co. laughing in their sleeves at the idea that the appointment of Mr. Crittenden to a body which Old Abe has endeavored to degrade in his Inaugural, will be accepted by the Border States as a satisfactory substitute for the Crittenden Compromise.

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