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And ever since he has made this pretension a plain “dodge,” in order to avoid the urgent question: Are you for Freedom, or are you for Slavery? on which every citizen ought to say plainly, “Yea” or “Nay.
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Sumner emphasizes the moral imperative for citizens to take a clear stance on the issue of freedom versus slavery.
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