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As the Republican party represents the Mayflower, so do these three factions, whether fused or apart, represent the original Slave-Ship,--and you, fellow-citizens, are here to choose between them.
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Sumner uses a metaphor to contrast the Republican party with pro-slavery factions, urging citizens to make a choice.
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More precious far at that moment the consolation that he had labored for his fellow-men, and the joyous confidence that all his cares had helped the Progress of his race!
The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
This will be the FREEDOM POWER, whose single object will be to resist the SLAVE POWER.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
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