Nothing but the direct intervention of Federal influence can force through Congress the Lecompton Constitution; and if the Government, with the sanction of the people, can force upon Kansas a Constitution conceived in fraud and violence, it will be the weightiest blow ever given against free governments.
Sumner argues that only federal intervention can pass a constitution that he views as fraudulent, warning of its implications for democracy.
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Rather would I arouse you to renewed and incessant exertion.
Tendencies of nations, as revealed in history, teach that our aims are in harmony with prevailing laws, which God, in his benevolence, has ordained for mankind.
As the Brotherhood of Man is practically recognized, it becomes impossible to restrict the feeling within any exclusive circle of country, and to set up an unchristian distinction of honor between civil war and international war.
This will be the FREEDOM POWER, whose single object will be to resist the SLAVE POWER.
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