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Unwilling here in Massachusetts openly to advocate a wrong so unmistakable as Slavery, they find excuse in alleged danger to the Union, and bend before the threats and menaces of Slave-Masters.
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Sumner argues that these factions use the threat to the Union as an excuse to avoid confronting the issue of slavery.
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