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In asking that we shall do likewise, I follow the plain suggestions of reason, whether we regard the interest of the freedmen or our own.
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Sumner appeals to reason in advocating for the interests of both freedmen and the nation.
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In this contest, we may borrow from the ancient Greek, who, when his hands were cut off, fought with his stumps, and even with his teeth.
Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
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!
It is larger than the entire profit of all the commerce and manufactures of the world.
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