I thank Heaven that now, at last, the Free States are beginning to awaken to a sense of their dangers and their duties,--that, at length, they begin to realize that the Slave States have overleaped the bounds of the Constitution.
Sumner emphasizes the awakening of Free States to their responsibilities regarding slavery.
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Sovereignty of, belongs to the people, XVI. 28.
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