If, in looking back upon its history, we find much to humble our pride, if we are disposed to mourn that the National Government stooped to ransom men justly free without price, yet we cannot fail to gather instruction from this great precedent.
Sumner acknowledges the complexities of America's history with slavery while advocating for learning from it.
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