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It became the platform of Slavery, whose tyrannical behests would have triumphed, had this decision been allowed to prevail.
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Sumner describes the Dred Scott decision as a foundation for the institution of slavery, warning against its implications.
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It applies an arrogant and unrelenting ostracism to all who express themselves against Slavery.
They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
Controlled by such a code, employing such representatives, sustained by such agencies, animated by such Furies, and producing such fruits of tears and bitterness, it must be open to question.
Confessing the Fatherhood of God, and the consequent Brotherhood of Man, we find a divine standard of unquestionable accuracy.
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