Public Opinion, which, under a popular government, makes and unmakes laws, and which for a time was passive and acquiescent, now lifts itself everywhere in the States where the Act is sought to be enforced, and demands a change.
Sumner highlights the rising public opinion against the enforcement of the Fugitive Act, indicating a shift in societal attitudes.
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