According to these words, which I am sure would not be disowned by the present Chief Justice of the United States, the Ordinance is a sublime act, having for its object nothing less than the perpetual maintenance of the genuine principles of American Liberty.
Sumner praises the Ordinance as a noble act aimed at preserving American liberty, suggesting its foundational role in the nation's principles.
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The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
Their existence is a disgrace to civilization; for it implies the common consent of nations to the Arbitrament of War, as regulated by these laws.
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They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
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