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It is a question between the whole and a part,--between the life of the Republic and a small percentage of taxation which Senators claim for their States.
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Sumner contrasts the needs of the Republic with the demands of individual states.
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Let loyalty to one man be exchanged for Love to Man.
This will be the FREEDOM POWER, whose single object will be to resist the SLAVE POWER.
Above all, welcome to the united regenerated Democracy of the North, which spurns the mockery of a Republic, with professions of Freedom on the lips, while the chains of Slavery clank in the Capitol!
Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
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