If anybody is disposed to set up the denationalizing pretensions of States under the National Constitution, let him bear in mind this explicit declaration, that, throughout all the deliberations of the Convention, the one object kept steadily in view was the consolidation of our Union.
Sumner warns against undermining the national unity established by the Constitution, emphasizing its central purpose during the Convention.
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Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.
This will be the FREEDOM POWER, whose single object will be to resist the SLAVE POWER.
It is larger than the entire profit of all the commerce and manufactures of the world.
It applies an arrogant and unrelenting ostracism to all who express themselves against Slavery.
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