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Let him join sincerely, with his large intelligence, to hasten this bill before the Senate and make it the law of the land; so would he become a benefactor to a much-oppressed people.
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Sumner urges a colleague to support a bill that would benefit oppressed people, highlighting the moral imperative of legislative action.
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