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Both the old parties, with apostasy greater than that which aroused our condemnation at that time, have trampled on the Declaration of Independence, and the most cherished sentiments of the Fathers of the Republic.
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Sumner criticizes both major political parties for abandoning the principles of the Declaration of Independence in their treatment of slavery.
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