And now, secondly, the Declaration is assailed and dishonored by the claim, that men, in the exercise of sovereignty derived from the Declaration, may set up on an auction-block their fellow-men, if to them it seems fit, and that this power is an incident of Popular Sovereignty.
Sumner criticizes the idea that popular sovereignty allows for the enslavement of individuals, viewing it as a betrayal of the Declaration.
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