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Slavery has been abolished in name; but that is all.
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Sumner points out that the abolition of Slavery is only nominal and does not reflect true freedom.
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Above all, welcome to the united regenerated Democracy of the North, which spurns the mockery of a Republic, with professions of Freedom on the lips, while the chains of Slavery clank in the Capitol!
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.
The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
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