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I doubt not that he understands the case; but I am sure, that, to meet it, he must deal directly with Slavery, the fountain and origin of all the noisome inhumanity exposed before us to-day.
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Sumner expresses confidence that a senator must confront the issue of slavery to address the inhumanity present.
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Again I repeat, so long as the War System prevails under the sanction of International Law, these painful incongruities will be apparent.
Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
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