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In duty to our country, and in duty to God, I plead against any such thing.
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Sumner appeals to both national duty and divine obligation in his opposition to injustice.
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They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
Tendencies of nations, as revealed in history, teach that our aims are in harmony with prevailing laws, which God, in his benevolence, has ordained for mankind.
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