Yes, fellow-citizens, should any person there presume to print or circulate the speech in which I now express my abhorrence of Slavery, and deny its constitutional existence anywhere within the national jurisdiction, he would become liable under this act as a felon.
Sumner expresses his strong opposition to slavery and the legal repercussions for those who deny it.
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The only Constitutional party and party of freedom, VII. 38.
Consent of the governed necessary in forming new governments of, XII. 298.
His loyalty to the Declaration of Independence, XIX. 317.
Contrary to Christianity, but upheld by the Church, I. 54, 58.
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