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Sumner asserts that earnest individuals will not be deterred by labels or names in their pursuits.

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It is clear that the only question of present practical interest arises from the usurpations of the Slave Power and the efforts to extend Slavery.

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They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.

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According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.

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Above all, welcome to the united regenerated Democracy of the North, which spurns the mockery of a Republic, with professions of Freedom on the lips, while the chains of Slavery clank in the Capitol!

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