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Everybody says there must be reform, so that the Government in all its branches shall be above suspicion.
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Sumner emphasizes the widespread demand for reform in government to restore public trust.
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They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
Nay, more,--if it would be criminal in these several clusters of States to reëstablish the Institution of War as Arbiter of Justice, then is it criminal in the Commonwealth of Nations to continue it.
Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
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.
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