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And let it not be said, that, in suppressing Slavery, Government would violate the property of the colonists.
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Sumner argues that abolishing slavery does not violate property rights but prevents crime.
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I am in favor of a tariff for revenue, such a one as will yield a sufficient amount to the treasury to defray the expenses of the government, economically administered.
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!
It is a cause which, though long kept in check throughout our country, as also in Europe, now confronts the people and their rulers, demanding to be heard.
The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
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