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There is an old English play under the name of “The Four P’s.” Our present desires may be symbolized by four E’s,--standing for Emancipation, Enfranchisement, Equality, and Education.
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Sumner creatively symbolizes the goals of the abolitionist movement with four key concepts.
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But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
I agree with the Convention in the importance of the new organization; nor do I think there are many candid persons, recognizing morals as the soul of all true politics, who will hesitate in this conclusion.
It is clear that the only question of present practical interest arises from the usurpations of the Slave Power and the efforts to extend Slavery.
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!
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