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Sometimes it is said that we must not require justice to the freedman, because justice is still denied to the colored citizen in Connecticut and New York.
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Sumner critiques the argument that justice for freedmen should be delayed due to injustices faced by others in the North.
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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!
Controlled by such a code, employing such representatives, sustained by such agencies, animated by such Furies, and producing such fruits of tears and bitterness, it must be open to question.
The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
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