The precise point in issue was its limitation by preventing its spread into the Territories; but this issue, even in its moderate form, involved the whole character of Slavery, and the supremacy of the Slave Power in the National Government.
Sumner discusses the critical issue of limiting slavery's expansion, linking it to broader themes of power and governance.
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