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Sumner asserts the constitutional authority of Congress to admit Kansas as a state.

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Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.

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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.

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