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It is enough to say on this point, that, if Congress cannot abolish Slavery here, then there is no power anywhere to abolish it here, and this wrong will endure always, lasting as the capital itself.
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Sumner argues that if Congress lacks the power to abolish slavery, then no authority can do so, emphasizing the permanence of the injustice.
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