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As the fallen drunkard illustrates the evils of intemperance, so does Mississippi illustrate the evils of Repudiation.
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Sumner compares Mississippi's financial failures to the societal issues caused by alcoholism.
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The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
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!
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