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And when it is considered that this was to put Slavery in the National Constitution, it was nothing less than a criminal falsification; nor should ignorance be an excuse.
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Sumner condemns the inclusion of slavery in the Constitution as a serious moral failure.
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According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
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