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Believing that he is in the right,--I concede that belief to him as a Senator,--his place in this body and before this country to-day is a very proud one.
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Sumner acknowledges the pride of a Senator who stands firm in his beliefs, even when facing opposition.
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It applies an arrogant and unrelenting ostracism to all who express themselves against Slavery.
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
They belong to a system so essentially irrational, that all the admitted virtues of many of its agents cannot save it from judgment.
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