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Here was a declaration constituting part of the res gestæ, and in itself an act.
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Here, Sumner identifies a declaration as a significant part of the legal transaction known as res gestæ.
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In this contest, we may borrow from the ancient Greek, who, when his hands were cut off, fought with his stumps, and even with his teeth.
Confessing the Fatherhood of God, and the consequent Brotherhood of Man, we find a divine standard of unquestionable accuracy.
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!
Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
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