Charles Sumner: “If regarded as a motive, it must be expelled from the system, that it…”

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If regarded as a motive, it must be expelled from the system, that it may no longer exercise its malign influence.

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Sumner insists that slavery must be expelled from society to prevent its harmful influence.

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Charles Sumner: “If regarded as a motive, it must be expelled from the system, that it may no longer exercise its malign influence.”