Not only would Freedom become national and Slavery sectional, as was intended by our fathers, but the National Government would become the mighty instrument and herald of Freedom, as it is now the mighty instrument and herald of Slavery.
Sumner argues that the founding fathers intended for freedom to be a national principle, contrasting it with the sectional nature of slavery.
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