In all that they do--especially in the Fugitive Slave Bill and its cruel enforcement, the Nebraska Bill and its felonious administration, and now in the imprisonment of an unoffending citizen--I rejoice to believe that there is unmistakable evidence of that madness which precedes a fall.
Sumner believes that the actions of the Slave Oligarchy show signs of impending downfall due to their madness.
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Slave Power, necessity of political action against the, II. 207.
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