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Sumner expresses the deep emotional connection felt for those escaping slavery.

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I am opposed to a tariff for protection merely, and not for revenue."--Letter to John K.

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Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.

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It is larger than the entire profit of all the commerce and manufactures of the world.

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They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.

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