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We look in vain for any token that the National Government, while in his hands, will be placed openly, actively, and perpetually on the side of Freedom.
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Sumner expresses skepticism about the government's commitment to freedom under the current administration.
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It is clear that the only question of present practical interest arises from the usurpations of the Slave Power and the efforts to extend Slavery.
It is larger than the entire profit of all the commerce and manufactures of the world.
The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
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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