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A miracle of historical and statesmanlike erudition, his address is severe without being harsh,--an indictment judicial in its calmness, its candor, its resistless cogency.
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Sumner's address is praised for its depth of knowledge and its calm yet severe indictment of injustices.
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It is true, doubtless, that there are various races of men; but there is but one great Human Family, in which Caucasian, Ethiopian, Chinese, and Indian are all brothers, children of one Father, and heirs to one happiness.
They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
It is a cause which, though long kept in check throughout our country, as also in Europe, now confronts the people and their rulers, demanding to be heard.
It applies an arrogant and unrelenting ostracism to all who express themselves against Slavery.
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