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It is hard to think that Congress was driven to unconstitutional assumption in such a cause, and that, contrary to sovereign rules of interpretation, it leaned to Slavery rather than to Freedom.
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Sumner expresses disbelief that Congress would act unconstitutionally in favor of slavery instead of freedom.
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