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Let Slavery be acknowledged, and there is no power which will not mock and insult us.
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Sumner warns that acknowledging slavery invites mockery and insult, highlighting the moral imperative to reject it.
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It is a cause which, though long kept in check throughout our country, as also in Europe, now confronts the people and their rulers, demanding to be heard.
Let loyalty to one man be exchanged for Love to Man.
Above all, welcome to the united regenerated Democracy of the North, which spurns the mockery of a Republic, with professions of Freedom on the lips, while the chains of Slavery clank in the Capitol!
Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
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