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The prejudices of which the Senator makes himself the representative to-day, permit me to say, are nothing but the tail of Slavery.
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Sumner critiques the prejudices that perpetuate slavery, referring to them as remnants of the institution.
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Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
More precious far at that moment the consolation that he had labored for his fellow-men, and the joyous confidence that all his cares had helped the Progress of his race!
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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