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It is hard, I know, to provide against him; but nevertheless you must do it.
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Sumner recognizes the difficulty of countering the President's actions but insists on the necessity of doing so.
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Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
In this contest, we may borrow from the ancient Greek, who, when his hands were cut off, fought with his stumps, and even with his teeth.
Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
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