Whoever wants to understand what American Slavery is must read this speech; whoever wants to make headway against the ripening public feeling by defending Slavery must first try to answer the arguments of this speech.
Sumner emphasizes the importance of his speech for understanding American slavery and argues that it must be addressed by those defending the institution.
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They belong to a system so essentially irrational, that all the admitted virtues of many of its agents cannot save it from judgment.
Let loyalty to one man be exchanged for Love to Man.
Controlled by such a code, employing such representatives, sustained by such agencies, animated by such Furies, and producing such fruits of tears and bitterness, it must be open to question.
Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
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