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Why not go forward promptly, swiftly, according to the merits of this measure, and give it, like a benediction, to the land?
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Sumner urges prompt action on the measure, advocating for its swift passage based on its merits.
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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.
The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
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