Still further, she has declared, by the vote of nearly FORTY THOUSAND Freemen, that Slavery shall not be extended,--that Slavery shall not be allowed to continue under the National Government, wherever that Government is responsible for it,--and that the Slave Power shall no longer control the policy of our country.
Sumner asserts the collective will of the voters against the expansion of slavery, marking a pivotal stance in the anti-slavery movement.
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The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.
They belong to a system so essentially irrational, that all the admitted virtues of many of its agents cannot save it from judgment.
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