I am opposed to its system of Slavery, to its aristocratic inequalities, and I shall continue to be opposed to them; but it is a sovereign State of this Union, a part of my country, and I have no disposition to do injustice to it.
Sumner articulates his opposition to slavery while affirming his loyalty to South Carolina as a state in the Union.
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