And as to Slavery, if there be any doubt that it died constitutionally and legally with the State from which it drew its malignant breath, it might be prohibited by the enactment of that same Jeffersonian ordinance which originally established Freedom throughout the great Northwest.
Sumner argues that slavery was constitutionally abolished and can be further prohibited by existing laws.
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