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Vote so as to vindicate the early policy of the Fathers, who organized the Prohibition of Slavery in the Territories.
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Sumner advocates for honoring the founding principles that prohibited slavery in U.S. territories.
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Nay, more,--if it would be criminal in these several clusters of States to reëstablish the Institution of War as Arbiter of Justice, then is it criminal in the Commonwealth of Nations to continue it.
Men are erring and mortal; principles are steadfast and immortal.
Their existence is a disgrace to civilization; for it implies the common consent of nations to the Arbitrament of War, as regulated by these laws.
It applies an arrogant and unrelenting ostracism to all who express themselves against Slavery.
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