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For Heaven’s sake, preserve us, if you can, from this calamity.
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Sumner pleads for protection from impending disaster, reflecting his deep concern for the future.
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Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
Without yielding to any of these extreme views with regard to the mischiefs or the benefits of party, all should agree that the only true and legitimate object of such an association is to uphold, advance, and develop certain principles…
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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