It was enough, that, wherever Slavery appeared, it was in defiance of that commanding law of Right, before which all unjust pretensions, whatever form they take, must disappear like the morning dew under the flashing arrows of the ascending sun.
Sumner declares that slavery contradicts the fundamental law of right and must ultimately be eradicated.
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