The Senator did not seem to bear in mind, through the heady currents of that moment, that, by the false interpretation he fastens upon the Constitution, he has helped to nurture there a whole kennel of Carolina bloodhounds, trained, with savage jaw and insatiable scent, for the hunt of flying bondmen.
Sumner accuses a senator of misinterpreting the Constitution, which he argues has led to the creation of a violent system for capturing escaped slaves.
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The only Constitutional party and party of freedom, VII. 38.
Slavery and the: speech in New York, XI. 433.
Contrary to Christianity, but upheld by the Church, I. 54, 58.
Early testimony of the Church against, I. 59.
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