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And since the Slave Power now stakes on this issue all its ill-gotten supremacy, the People, while vindicating Kansas, will at the same time overthrow this Tyranny.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “And since the Slave Power now stakes on this issue all its ill-gotten supremacy, the People, while vindicating Kansas…”
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Sumner argues that the struggle for Kansas's freedom is also a fight against the broader tyranny of the Slave Power.
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As the Brotherhood of Man is practically recognized, it becomes impossible to restrict the feeling within any exclusive circle of country, and to set up an unchristian distinction of honor between civil war and international war.
It is clear that the only question of present practical interest arises from the usurpations of the Slave Power and the efforts to extend Slavery.
They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
It applies an arrogant and unrelenting ostracism to all who express themselves against Slavery.
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