But the Slave Power will push its tyranny yet further, and there is but one remedy,--Union at the North without distinction of party, to take possession of the National Government, and administer it in the spirit of Freedom, and not of Slavery.
Sumner warns of the ongoing threat of slavery and calls for a united front against it.
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Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
It is larger than the entire profit of all the commerce and manufactures of the world.
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.
It applies an arrogant and unrelenting ostracism to all who express themselves against Slavery.
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