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Every such assumption is an indignity to the colored race, instinct with the spirit of Slavery; and this decides its character.
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Sumner condemns assumptions that demean the colored race, linking them to the legacy of slavery.
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The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
Nay, more,--if it would be criminal in these several clusters of States to reëstablish the Institution of War as Arbiter of Justice, then is it criminal in the Commonwealth of Nations to continue it.
Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
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