One was freighted with human beings forcibly torn from their own country, and hurried away in chains to be sold as slaves: the other was filled with good men, who had voluntarily turned their backs upon their own country, to seek other homes, where at least they might be free.
Sumner contrasts the experiences of enslaved people and voluntary immigrants to highlight the moral implications of their journeys.
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Confessing the Fatherhood of God, and the consequent Brotherhood of Man, we find a divine standard of unquestionable accuracy.
Men are erring and mortal; principles are steadfast and immortal.
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The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
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