He is author of the artifice--rejected by every Slave-Master, and rejected by every lover of Freedom, whose eyes are open--which, under the nickname of Squatter Sovereignty, has been the device of doughfaces, enabling them sometimes to deceive the public and sometimes even to deceive themselves.
Sumner criticizes the concept of Squatter Sovereignty as a deceptive tactic used by pro-slavery advocates.
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Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
At Baltimore the delegation of the most important State in the Union, known to be in favor of the Wilmot Proviso, was refused admission to the Convention.
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