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It is the peril from some new surrender to Slavery, some fresh recognition of its power, some present dalliance with its intolerable pretensions.
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Sumner articulates his fear of any new concessions to slavery and its implications for society.
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Rather would I arouse you to renewed and incessant exertion.
Men are erring and mortal; principles are steadfast and immortal.
They belong to a system so essentially irrational, that all the admitted virtues of many of its agents cannot save it from judgment.
Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
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