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Neither has ever opposed, in any form, the coastwise slave-trade under the flag of the United States.
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Sumner highlights the lack of opposition to the coastwise slave trade by certain political entities.
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Men are erring and mortal; principles are steadfast and immortal.
Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
It is true, doubtless, that there are various races of men; but there is but one great Human Family, in which Caucasian, Ethiopian, Chinese, and Indian are all brothers, children of one Father, and heirs to one happiness.
They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
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