In the joy of my heart I congratulate the people of this Government that the old ship of state has at its helm a statesman who, despite the storms, the howling tempests, the Cimmerian darkness which enshrouds us, stands boldly and fearlessly at his post, unawed, calm, self-possessed, ready for any emergency.
Sumner commends a leader for their steadfastness and calmness in the face of adversity, likening them to a ship's captain.
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They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
I agree with the Convention in the importance of the new organization; nor do I think there are many candid persons, recognizing morals as the soul of all true politics, who will hesitate in this conclusion.
This will be the FREEDOM POWER, whose single object will be to resist the SLAVE POWER.
Confessing the Fatherhood of God, and the consequent Brotherhood of Man, we find a divine standard of unquestionable accuracy.
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