It is this proposition I am anxious to effect; but I wish to effect it by some COMPACT which shall be binding upon all parties and all subsequent Legislatures,--which cannot be changed, and will not fluctuate with the diversity of feeling and of sentiment to which this empire, in its march, must be destined.
Sumner expresses his desire for a binding compact to ensure stability in legislative decisions regarding slavery.
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