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They have raged against us in the name of Slavery: we send them back the benediction of justice for all.
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Sumner contrasts the violence of slavery with a call for justice and reconciliation.
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Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.
They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
At Baltimore the delegation of the most important State in the Union, known to be in favor of the Wilmot Proviso, was refused admission to the Convention.
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