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from becoming a separate republic. He specifically campaigned against the Pacific Republic movement at a time when the state was culturally fractured by settlers from southern states with lingering Confederate loyalties. At the urging of Jessie Benton Frémont, Starr King teamed up with writer Bret Harte, and Starr King read Harte's patriotic poems at pro-Union speeches. Starr King also

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