Permit me to say, at the outset, that the declared object of the present bill is all lost in certain special features, which are nothing less than monstrous, and utterly unworthy of a generous Republic hoping to give an example to mankind.
Sumner critiques a bill he believes undermines the values of a generous Republic.
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Consent of the governed necessary in forming new governments of, XII. 298.
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Slave Power, necessity of political action against the, II. 207.
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