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Calmly meeting and adopting a frame of government, her people with intuitive promptitude perform the duties of freemen; and when I consider the difficulties by which she is beset, I find dignity in her attitude.
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Sumner admires the people of Kansas for their determination and dignity in establishing a government despite facing challenges.
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