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It is vain to say that this measure is temporary; for, in plain terms, it undertakes to amend the charter of Washington.
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Sumner critiques the notion that a proposed measure is merely temporary, highlighting its significance.
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This will be the FREEDOM POWER, whose single object will be to resist the SLAVE POWER.
Without yielding to any of these extreme views with regard to the mischiefs or the benefits of party, all should agree that the only true and legitimate object of such an association is to uphold, advance, and develop certain principles…
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 clear that the only question of present practical interest arises from the usurpations of the Slave Power and the efforts to extend Slavery.
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