It is my happiness to believe, and my hope to be able to show, that, according to the true spirit of the Constitution, and according to the sentiments of the Fathers, FREEDOM, and not Slavery, is NATIONAL, while SLAVERY, and not Freedom, is SECTIONAL.
He emphasizes that freedom is a national principle while slavery is sectional, according to the Constitution and the Founding Fathers.
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