Among omens which I hail with gladness is the union now happily prevailing among good men in support of the Government, whether State or National,--forgetting that they were Democrats, forgetting that they were Whigs, and disregarding old party names, to remember only the duties of the citizen.
Sumner celebrates the unity among citizens of different political backgrounds in support of the government.
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Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
This will be the FREEDOM POWER, whose single object will be to resist the SLAVE POWER.
It is true, doubtless, that there are various races of men; but there is but one great Human Family, in which Caucasian, Ethiopian, Chinese, and Indian are all brothers, children of one Father, and heirs to one happiness.
In this contest, we may borrow from the ancient Greek, who, when his hands were cut off, fought with his stumps, and even with his teeth.
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