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The text of the Constitution leaves the case beyond question.
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Sumner states that the Constitution clearly supports the case against the Fugitive Slave Act.
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Above all, welcome to the united regenerated Democracy of the North, which spurns the mockery of a Republic, with professions of Freedom on the lips, while the chains of Slavery clank in the Capitol!
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Rather would I arouse you to renewed and incessant exertion.
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