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Through him it assumes once more to rule and impose its cruel law.
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Sumner accuses Andrew Johnson of enabling slavery to regain power and impose its laws.
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They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
Men are erring and mortal; principles are steadfast and immortal.
In this contest, we may borrow from the ancient Greek, who, when his hands were cut off, fought with his stumps, and even with his teeth.
According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
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