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Other Senators act with honor, when they refuse to be bound by the resolution in any of its terms.
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Sumner commends senators who choose not to adhere to a resolution they disagree with, valuing personal judgment.
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They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
This will be the FREEDOM POWER, whose single object will be to resist the SLAVE POWER.
Above all, welcome to the united regenerated Democracy of the North, which spurns the mockery of a Republic, with professions of Freedom on the lips, while the chains of Slavery clank in the Capitol!
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