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Liberal institutions will gain everywhere by the abolition of Slavery at the national capital.
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Sumner argues that the abolition of slavery in the national capital will benefit liberal institutions everywhere.
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The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
Controlled by such a code, employing such representatives, sustained by such agencies, animated by such Furies, and producing such fruits of tears and bitterness, it must be open to question.
They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
It applies an arrogant and unrelenting ostracism to all who express themselves against Slavery.
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