Let its power be stretched forth into this distant Territory, not to bind, but to release,--not for oppression of the weak, but for subversion of the tyrannical,--not for prop and maintenance of revolting Usurpation, but for confirmation of Liberty.
Sumner advocates for the use of governmental power to promote liberty and oppose tyranny in the territories.
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