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Their avowed object was the dismemberment of the Republic, by detaching State after State, in order to found a Slaveholding Confederacy.
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Sumner condemns the intentions of those seeking to break apart the Union to establish a slaveholding nation, framing it as a treasonous act.
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The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
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!
Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.
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