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Whatever is postponed for twenty years, or ten years, may seem abstractly politic or wise; but it is in no sense a war measure, nor can it contribute essentially to the suppression of the Rebellion.
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Sumner critiques the notion of postponing actions for political reasons, stating they do not serve the war effort.
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Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
This will be the FREEDOM POWER, whose single object will be to resist the SLAVE POWER.
It is a cause which, though long kept in check throughout our country, as also in Europe, now confronts the people and their rulers, demanding to be heard.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
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