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There is no confidence on the part of the freed people in the State; they only know the United States Government, and no other will answer.
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Sumner highlights the lack of trust that freed people have in state authorities, preferring the federal government instead.
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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.
This will be the FREEDOM POWER, whose single object will be to resist the SLAVE POWER.
It is larger than the entire profit of all the commerce and manufactures of the world.
It is clear that the only question of present practical interest arises from the usurpations of the Slave Power and the efforts to extend Slavery.
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