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A voice from the West--God save the West!--revives the exploded theory of Colonization, perhaps to divert attention from the great question of Equal Rights.
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Sumner critiques the revival of colonization theories as a distraction from the pursuit of equal rights.
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It is a cause which, though long kept in check throughout our country, as also in Europe, now confronts the people and their rulers, demanding to be heard.
Tendencies of nations, as revealed in history, teach that our aims are in harmony with prevailing laws, which God, in his benevolence, has ordained for mankind.
This will be the FREEDOM POWER, whose single object will be to resist the SLAVE POWER.
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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