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I know, too, his loyalty to this cause,--I do not doubt it; but I now appeal to that Senator to unite with me in speeding this great measure.
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In this appeal, Sumner calls for unity among senators to advance a significant legislative measure for civil rights.
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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.
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.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
This will be the FREEDOM POWER, whose single object will be to resist the SLAVE POWER.
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