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Such fidelity cannot be misinterpreted.… Senator Sumner has always been in advance of the mass.
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Sumner asserts that true fidelity to principles is often ahead of public opinion, highlighting his own commitment.
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I agree with the Convention in the importance of the new organization; nor do I think there are many candid persons, recognizing morals as the soul of all true politics, who will hesitate in this conclusion.
Above all, welcome to the united regenerated Democracy of the North, which spurns the mockery of a Republic, with professions of Freedom on the lips, while the chains of Slavery clank in the Capitol!
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.
Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
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