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Slavery was also the mainspring of the belligerent power now arrayed against the Union,--therefore, in the name of the Union, to be destroyed.
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Sumner claims that slavery was the driving force behind the opposition to the Union and must be eradicated for its preservation.
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I am in favor of a tariff for revenue, such a one as will yield a sufficient amount to the treasury to defray the expenses of the government, economically administered.
They belong to a system so essentially irrational, that all the admitted virtues of many of its agents cannot save it from judgment.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
It is clear that the only question of present practical interest arises from the usurpations of the Slave Power and the efforts to extend Slavery.
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