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There is an argument against it which has especial importance at this moment, when the Fugitive Act is made the occasion of new assault on State Rights.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “There is an argument against it which has especial importance at this moment, when the Fugitive Act is made the occasion…”
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Sumner points out the significance of the Fugitive Slave Act in the context of state rights debates.
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