On the record
Henceforward PROTECTION TO MAN will be the true AMERICAN SYSTEM.
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In this statement, Sumner declares that the protection of human rights should be the cornerstone of American policy.
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The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
It is a cause which, though long kept in check throughout our country, as also in Europe, now confronts the people and their rulers, demanding to be heard.
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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