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The whole thing may be summed up in one word: The South is determined to have Slavery,--the thing, if not the name.
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Sumner asserts that the South's determination to maintain slavery persists, regardless of its legal status.
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It is a cause which, though long kept in check throughout our country, as also in Europe, now confronts the people and their rulers, demanding to be heard.
Tendencies of nations, as revealed in history, teach that our aims are in harmony with prevailing laws, which God, in his benevolence, has ordained for mankind.
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It is larger than the entire profit of all the commerce and manufactures of the world.
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