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No matter in what form it is put, no matter how subtly the attempt is concealed, it is the adoption by Congress of an outrageous rule.
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Sumner condemns covert attempts by Congress to adopt unjust legal rules.
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They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
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