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And yet politicians of the hour undertake to place these convictions under formal ban.
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Sumner criticizes contemporary politicians for attempting to suppress anti-slavery convictions.
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Without yielding to any of these extreme views with regard to the mischiefs or the benefits of party, all should agree that the only true and legitimate object of such an association is to uphold, advance, and develop certain principles…
They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.
Controlled by such a code, employing such representatives, sustained by such agencies, animated by such Furies, and producing such fruits of tears and bitterness, it must be open to question.
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