You rebuked States and individuals merely as the representatives of that ever-encroaching Slave Power, whose characteristic artifice, arrogance, and despotism it was necessary for you to portray in connection with the subject under debate.
Here, Sumner critiques the Slave Power and its representatives, emphasizing the importance of their portrayal in the debate.
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