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Here I shall gladly work; but I trust that you will all work likewise, nor be content with anything less than the whole.
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Sumner expresses his commitment to work alongside others for a common cause.
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Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
It is clear that the only question of present practical interest arises from the usurpations of the Slave Power and the efforts to extend Slavery.
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!
It is a cause which, though long kept in check throughout our country, as also in Europe, now confronts the people and their rulers, demanding to be heard.
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