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There are ten thousand slaves there, who, according to the bill, are to remain in bondage during life.
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Sumner emphasizes the number of enslaved individuals who would remain in bondage under the proposed legislation.
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This will be the FREEDOM POWER, whose single object will be to resist the SLAVE POWER.
Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
Their existence is a disgrace to civilization; for it implies the common consent of nations to the Arbitrament of War, as regulated by these laws.
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