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That is, they ask you to abandon cherished convictions, and to allow Slavery, with all its Barbarism, to enter the outlying Territories of the Republic, simply because certain Slave-Masters threaten disunion.
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Sumner condemns the factions for asking voters to abandon their principles in favor of slavery due to threats of disunion.
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