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If general, it may be said that its authors were the representatives of Slavery, constituting that same Oligarchy, or Slave Power, which has madly plunged this country into civil war.
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Sumner identifies the authors of the Fugitive Slave Act as representatives of the Slave Power, responsible for dragging the nation into civil war.
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This will be the FREEDOM POWER, whose single object will be to resist the SLAVE POWER.
They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
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