He is, moreover, an advocate of the One-Term principle, as conducing toward the proper administration of the law,--a principle with which so many prominent Republicans have identified themselves that it may be accepted as an article of party faith.
Sumner acknowledges the One-Term principle as a widely accepted belief among Republicans.
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They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
This will be the FREEDOM POWER, whose single object will be to resist the SLAVE POWER.
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