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Nobody dares to praise Slavery; nobody dares to deny the Right of Petition.
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Sumner emphasizes the societal taboo surrounding the discussion of slavery and the right to petition against it.
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Let loyalty to one man be exchanged for Love to Man.
According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
It is a cause which, though long kept in check throughout our country, as also in Europe, now confronts the people and their rulers, demanding to be heard.
Controlled by such a code, employing such representatives, sustained by such agencies, animated by such Furies, and producing such fruits of tears and bitterness, it must be open to question.
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