He knew that it was a preposterous falsehood, as wicked as false, born of prejudice and supreme credulity, and therefore he brushed aside as cobweb all the fine-spun snares of law or Constitution so ingeniously woven in its support.
Sumner emphasizes the importance of recognizing falsehoods that support slavery and dismissing them as mere distractions.
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The only Constitutional party and party of freedom, VII. 38.
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Opening of United States courts to colored, XI. 389.
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