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The first, as we have already seen, abandons part of the Union to the Slave Power; the other subjects the whole Union to the Slave Power.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

He contrasts two forms of surrender to the Slave Power, one abandoning part of the Union and the other subjecting the whole Union to it.

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