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But, God be praised, their joint act, though capable of giving brief vitality to Slavery on pirate decks, is impotent to confirm the intolerable pretension.
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Sumner expresses gratitude that a joint act by two powers, while temporarily aiding slavery, ultimately lacks lasting power.
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