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While there is immense sympathy for the Republican party, as a party, there is too little sympathy for the Slave, and too little indignation against that abominable system by which he is held in bondage.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “While there is immense sympathy for the Republican party, as a party, there is too little sympathy for the Slave, and…”
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Sumner emphasizes the need for greater sympathy for enslaved individuals and condemnation of slavery itself.
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