It proposes to save Kansas from the revolting usurpation established in that fair Territory, and in this good work it joins issue with the Slave Oligarchy, now swaying our whole country; so that, in saving Kansas, we shall necessarily overthrow this Despotism, and save ourselves.
Sumner argues for the necessity of saving Kansas from slavery as a means to challenge the broader system of oppression in the country.
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