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Indeed, the very bill now before us assumes a control of the Territory clearly inconsistent with those principles of sovereignty which are said to be violated by Congressional prohibition of Slavery.
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Sumner critiques a bill that he believes contradicts principles of sovereignty regarding slavery in territories.
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