Early in this century, when the District of Columbia was finally occupied as the National Capital, the Slave Power succeeded, in defiance of the spirit of the Constitution, and even of the express letter of one of its Amendments, in securing for Slavery, within the District, the countenance of the National Government.
Sumner discusses how the Slave Power manipulated the National Government to support slavery in the District of Columbia.
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