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A generous Englishman, the ornament of letters, from whom we learn in memorable lines “what constitutes a State,” has denounced all complicity with Slavery in words which strike directly at this plea of necessity.
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Sumner cites an Englishman who condemns any involvement with slavery, challenging the notion of necessity.
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