On the record
History has recorded the triumphant election of Abraham Lincoln, as the representative of Loyalty against Rebellion.
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Sumner reflects on Lincoln's election as a victory for loyalty over rebellion.
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Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
Let loyalty to one man be exchanged for Love to Man.
They belong to a system so essentially irrational, that all the admitted virtues of many of its agents cannot save it from judgment.
Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
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