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There it is, as it came from our fathers, in lofty, self-evident truth; and Congress should have applied it.
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Sumner references the foundational principles of the Declaration of Independence as a guide for Congress.
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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.
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.
Tendencies of nations, as revealed in history, teach that our aims are in harmony with prevailing laws, which God, in his benevolence, has ordained for mankind.
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