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A pretended power was organized, in the form of a Confederacy, with Slavery as the declared corner-stone.
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In this statement, Sumner critiques the Confederacy, identifying slavery as its foundational principle.
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They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
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