Though this proposition commends itself at once, and is sustained by the history of the Constitution, yet both the great parties, under the influence of the Slave Power, have reversed the true application of its terms.
Sumner critiques the major political parties for misinterpreting the Constitution under the influence of slavery.
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Women’s National League, petition of, for universal emancipation, X. 300.
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