It is for the Prohibition of Slavery in the Territories that he has labored, and, excepting his brief, but honorable, experience in Congress, his public life may be summed up in this single service,--nor more nor less.
Sumner emphasizes the singular focus of a political figure on the abolition of slavery in the territories.
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