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The conclusion, then, follows, that by this prohibition you propose to deprive the present Territory, as you have deprived other Territories,--ay, and States,--of an essential portion of its sovereignty.
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Sumner concludes that prohibiting slavery would strip territories of an essential part of their sovereignty.
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