I have said, that, if any man finds in the Gospel any support of Slavery, it is because Slavery is already in himself; so do I now say, if any man finds in the Constitution of our country any support of the Fugitive Slave Bill, it is because that bill is already in himself.
Sumner asserts that any support for slavery found in the Gospel or the Constitution reflects the individual's own moral failings.
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Early testimony of the Church against, I. 59.
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