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It does nothing against Slavery, but merely refuses to do anything for it.
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Sumner claims that repealing the Fugitive Slave Acts does not oppose slavery directly but stops aiding it.
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Out of this pernicious prejudice have proceeded that persecution and neglect which are the too frequent lot of the world's pioneers.
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
Tendencies of nations, as revealed in history, teach that our aims are in harmony with prevailing laws, which God, in his benevolence, has ordained for mankind.
They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
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