The London Herald of Peace, in its opposition to the war, took pains to insist that it was not Antislavery,--forgetting that the North, even when failing to demand the abolition of Slavery, sought its limitation, and that the new Government openly declared Slavery its corner-stone.
Sumner critiques the London Herald of Peace for misrepresenting the motivations behind the Civil War, emphasizing the North's anti-slavery stance.
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