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Instead of throttling the monster, we submitted to feed it with new concessions.
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Sumner laments that instead of confronting slavery, concessions were made that only empowered it.
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Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
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.
It is true, doubtless, that there are various races of men; but there is but one great Human Family, in which Caucasian, Ethiopian, Chinese, and Indian are all brothers, children of one Father, and heirs to one happiness.
According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
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