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To save the freedman from this tyranny, with all its accumulated outrage, is a solemn duty.
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Sumner emphasizes the moral obligation to protect freed individuals from ongoing injustices and abuses.
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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.
Rather would I arouse you to renewed and incessant exertion.
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