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This concession was the ultimatum on which was staked their continued loyalty to the Union,--as the continuance of the Slave-Trade was the original condition on which South Carolina and Georgia entered the Union.
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Sumner discusses how the loyalty of certain states to the Union hinged on the issue of slavery concessions.
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The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
Above all, welcome to the united regenerated Democracy of the North, which spurns the mockery of a Republic, with professions of Freedom on the lips, while the chains of Slavery clank in the Capitol!
This will be the FREEDOM POWER, whose single object will be to resist the SLAVE POWER.
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