Wherever Slavery prevails, this pretended right is recognized, and generally with an intensity proportioned to the prevalence of Slavery,--as, for instance, in South Carolina and Mississippi more intensely than in Tennessee and Kentucky.
Sumner points out the correlation between the prevalence of slavery and the recognition of the right to secession in different states.
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