Therefore, in determining that the Slave-Masters should be encountered, two things were resolved: first, that this Republic is one and indivisible; and, secondly, that no hideous power, with Slavery blazoned on its front, shall be created on our soil.
Sumner emphasizes the importance of national unity and the rejection of slavery's power.
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Confessing the Fatherhood of God, and the consequent Brotherhood of Man, we find a divine standard of unquestionable accuracy.
They belong to a system so essentially irrational, that all the admitted virtues of many of its agents cannot save it from judgment.
The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
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