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Let the “idea,” originally branded as so “wrong” that it could not find place in the Constitution, never find place in our debates.
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Sumner urges that the idea of slavery, once deemed unacceptable, should not be part of legislative discussions.
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They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
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.
Out of this pernicious prejudice have proceeded that persecution and neglect which are the too frequent lot of the world's pioneers.
Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
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