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Her people have already opened their hearts to Kansas, and the public treasury should be opened as wide as their hearts.
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Sumner highlights the generosity of the people towards Kansas, advocating for financial support from the public treasury.
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Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
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The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
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