Vowing ourselves against Slavery, wherever it exists, whether enforced by Russian knout, Turkish bastinado, or lash of Carolina planter, we do not seek to interfere with it at Petersburg, Constantinople, or Charleston; nor does any such grave duty rest upon us.
Sumner asserts that their opposition to slavery does not extend to interfering with it in other countries.
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The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
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