I speak in the spirit of the British law, which makes Liberty commensurate with and inseparable from British soil,--which proclaims even to the stranger and sojourner, the moment he sets his foot upon British earth, that the ground on which he treads is holy and consecrated by the genius of Universal Emancipation.
Sumner articulates the principle that British law grants freedom to anyone who sets foot on British soil, emphasizing the sanctity of liberty.
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