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Like victory in the field of battle, it must be fought for and paid for.
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Sumner compares the struggle for a sound currency to a battle that requires effort and sacrifice.
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Rather would I arouse you to renewed and incessant exertion.
The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
At Baltimore the delegation of the most important State in the Union, known to be in favor of the Wilmot Proviso, was refused admission to the Convention.
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