If at any other time it might be done, you will see that at this moment, when persons acting in behalf of Slavery openly threaten treason, silence upon testimony so powerful would be nearly akin to complicity with the treason.
Sumner argues that remaining silent in the face of threats to freedom would be tantamount to complicity with treason.
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