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At a moment when frankness was needed above all things, we were treated to phrases pregnant with doubt and controversy, and were gravely asked, in the name of Slavery, to embody them in the National Constitution.
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Sumner emphasizes the need for honesty in discussions about slavery, criticizing vague language in constitutional proposals.
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The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
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