Naturally, they are against all energetic measures for its suppression; they call for a “cessation of hostilities,” and seek to throw over their companions of other days every possible protection, especially seeking by all means to save their darling Slavery.
Sumner condemns those who seek to protect slavery while advocating for a cessation of hostilities in the Rebellion.
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