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Had not Slavery existed, would any such idea have found place in a Senator naturally so generous and humane?
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Sumner reflects on the idea that slavery has corrupted the moral judgment of a senator.
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As the Brotherhood of Man is practically recognized, it becomes impossible to restrict the feeling within any exclusive circle of country, and to set up an unchristian distinction of honor between civil war and international war.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
Tendencies of nations, as revealed in history, teach that our aims are in harmony with prevailing laws, which God, in his benevolence, has ordained for mankind.
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