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It is vain to say that the Territories are protected in any form, whether by the Constitution, public opinion, or the inherent strength of Freedom.
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Sumner challenges the belief that the Territories are safe from slavery without active protection.
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But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
It is larger than the entire profit of all the commerce and manufactures of the world.
Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
Out of this pernicious prejudice have proceeded that persecution and neglect which are the too frequent lot of the world's pioneers.
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