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No Republican can look upon the picture which Charles Sumner draws of this Barbarism without feeling his heart swell with hatred against it, and without recording a new vow to labor unceasingly for its extinction.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “No Republican can look upon the picture which Charles Sumner draws of this Barbarism without feeling his heart swell…”
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He believes that no Republican can ignore the powerful image he presents of slavery without feeling compelled to act against it.
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