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Elsewhere it has claimed nothing but liberty to live; here it claims license to rule, with unbounded empire at home and abroad.
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Sumner argues that slavery seeks not just to exist but to dominate and control.
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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.
Controlled by such a code, employing such representatives, sustained by such agencies, animated by such Furies, and producing such fruits of tears and bitterness, it must be open to question.
They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
Let loyalty to one man be exchanged for Love to Man.
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