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But such concession to Rebels fighting for Slavery can be vindicated only as Slavery is vindicated.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “But such concession to Rebels fighting for Slavery can be vindicated only as Slavery is vindicated.”
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Sumner believes that concessions to rebels can only be justified if one justifies slavery itself.
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The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
This will be the FREEDOM POWER, whose single object will be to resist the SLAVE POWER.
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