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Sumner critiques the idea of State Rights as a justification for slavery.

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According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.

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Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.

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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…

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