Here is nothing less than the claim of hereditary power from color; and it assumes that human beings cast in the same mould with ourselves, and in all respects men, with the same title of manhood that we have, may be shut out from Equal Rights on account of the skin.
Sumner critiques the idea of denying equal rights based on skin color, emphasizing the shared humanity of all people.
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They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
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