The slave-masters, few in number, amounting to not more than three hundred and fifty thousand, according to the recent census, have succeeded in dictating the policy of the National Government, and have written SLAVERY on its front.
Sumner critiques the power dynamics in the U.S. government, highlighting the influence of a small number of slaveholders.
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