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Compendiously expressed, it was non-intervention by Congress with Slavery in the States, and its prohibition in all the national domain.
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Sumner summarizes the principle of non-intervention in slavery while prohibiting it in national territories.
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It applies an arrogant and unrelenting ostracism to all who express themselves against Slavery.
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