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It ought to be the occasion of a practical vow to those primal principles of Freedom which have been assailed.
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Sumner calls for a vow to uphold the principles of Freedom that have been threatened.
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Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
Tendencies of nations, as revealed in history, teach that our aims are in harmony with prevailing laws, which God, in his benevolence, has ordained for mankind.
It applies an arrogant and unrelenting ostracism to all who express themselves against Slavery.
Their existence is a disgrace to civilization; for it implies the common consent of nations to the Arbitrament of War, as regulated by these laws.
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