There is no reason in any relations with them why a new power, with Slavery as its declared “corner-stone,” whose gospel is Slavery, and whose evangelists are Slavemongers, should be recognized in the Family of Nations.
Sumner asserts that a new power founded on slavery should not be recognized in the international community.
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But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
Confessing the Fatherhood of God, and the consequent Brotherhood of Man, we find a divine standard of unquestionable accuracy.
Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
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