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The two Conventions at Baltimore, by their recorded resolutions, have vied with each other in servility to Slavery.
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Sumner critiques the resolutions of the Baltimore Conventions for their submissiveness to slavery.
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Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.
It is clear that the only question of present practical interest arises from the usurpations of the Slave Power and the efforts to extend Slavery.
The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
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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