This is the spectre that now haunts American politics, and may make it just as vital and necessary to appeal to the northern states to unite again against this evil, not so open and arrogant as slavery, but more dangerous and equally unjust.
Sherman identifies a new political threat that, while less overt than slavery, poses significant dangers to justice and equality.
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