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State Rights were set up against Human Rights; but with the death of Slavery, followed by the extinction of the Rebellion, this definition takes its just place in our national system.
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Sumner reflects on the shift from State Rights to Human Rights following the end of slavery.
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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!
The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
More precious far at that moment the consolation that he had labored for his fellow-men, and the joyous confidence that all his cares had helped the Progress of his race!
Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
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