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It will not do, in specious phrase, to allege the right of every State to be free in domestic policy from foreign interference, and then to assume such wrongful interference by this Company.
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Sumner criticizes the hypocrisy of claiming state rights while simultaneously interfering with the Emigrant Aid Company.
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