Ah, Sir, it would be a glad sight to see that Constitution, which we have all sworn to support, interpreted generously, nobly, gloriously for Freedom, so that everywhere within its influence the chains should drop from the slave!
Sumner expresses a desire to see the Constitution interpreted in a way that liberates slaves.
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