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Sumner reflects on the revolutionary ideals of the founding fathers regarding liberty.

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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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Out of this pernicious prejudice have proceeded that persecution and neglect which are the too frequent lot of the world's pioneers.

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Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.

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The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.

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