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It is a mighty effort towards wiping out the monstrous blot that disfigures your fair country.
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Sumner describes a significant effort to address the moral failings of the nation regarding slavery, emphasizing its importance.
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Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
I agree with the Convention in the importance of the new organization; nor do I think there are many candid persons, recognizing morals as the soul of all true politics, who will hesitate in this conclusion.
It is clear that the only question of present practical interest arises from the usurpations of the Slave Power and the efforts to extend Slavery.
Above all, welcome to the united regenerated Democracy of the North, which spurns the mockery of a Republic, with professions of Freedom on the lips, while the chains of Slavery clank in the Capitol!
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