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Each and all make Slavery impossible as a national institution.
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Sumner claims that the Constitution inherently makes slavery impossible as a national institution, advocating for freedom.
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The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
This will be the FREEDOM POWER, whose single object will be to resist the SLAVE POWER.
I am in favor of a tariff for revenue, such a one as will yield a sufficient amount to the treasury to defray the expenses of the government, economically administered.
They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
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