Even now the black flag of the land pirates from Missouri waves at the mast-head; in their laws you hear the pirate yell and see the flash of the pirate knife; while, incredible to relate, the President, gathering the Slave Power at his back, testifies a pirate sympathy.
Sumner condemns the actions of pro-slavery forces and their alignment with the President, likening them to pirates.
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