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In its stipulations for Slavery, it was justly repugnant to the conscience of the North, and ought never to have been made; but on that side it has been performed.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “In its stipulations for Slavery, it was justly repugnant to the conscience of the North, and ought never to have been…”
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He critiques the Missouri Compromise for its stipulations on slavery, which he believes were morally wrong.
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