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Congress has ample power over this whole subject.
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Sumner states that Congress possesses sufficient authority to address the issues at hand.
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Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
Confessing the Fatherhood of God, and the consequent Brotherhood of Man, we find a divine standard of unquestionable accuracy.
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