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Complaint is sometimes made of wrongs to American citizens in Mexico; but the last year witnessed outrages on American citizens perpetrated in the Slave States exceeding those in Mexico.
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Sumner highlights the violence and injustices faced by American citizens in the Slave States compared to those in Mexico.
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