Who shall say that God has not spared him from the bludgeon of the murderer, not only to defend the poor negro in his God-given rights, but to vindicate our country from the insolence of England, and pronounce judgment against her past wrongs, while according forgiveness to the tardy penitent?
Sumner reflects on the divine protection of a person who defends the rights of the oppressed while also addressing national grievances.
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