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No question equal in magnitude, unless it be that of Slavery, has arisen since the days of Washington.
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Sumner asserts that no issue has been as significant since Washington's time, except for slavery.
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Again I repeat, so long as the War System prevails under the sanction of International Law, these painful incongruities will be apparent.
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.
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 larger than the entire profit of all the commerce and manufactures of the world.
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