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The Post-Office, intrusted to a son of New England, assumes an abject neutrality, while letters committed to its care are rifled at the instigation of the Slave Power.
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Sumner accuses the Post Office of neutrality while being influenced by pro-slavery interests, undermining its integrity.
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