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The present struggle is to put whips in the hands of Rebel Slavemongers with which to compel work without wages, thus giving wicked power to vulgar tyrants without number.
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Sumner condemns the Confederate struggle as one that empowers tyrants through forced labor.
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It applies an arrogant and unrelenting ostracism to all who express themselves against Slavery.
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