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Receiving them into our embattled lines, the Republic is estopped against all denial of their Equal Rights.
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Sumner argues that the inclusion of certain groups in the Republic guarantees their equal rights.
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But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
Again I repeat, so long as the War System prevails under the sanction of International Law, these painful incongruities will be apparent.
It is a cause which, though long kept in check throughout our country, as also in Europe, now confronts the people and their rulers, demanding to be heard.
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