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In fighting our battle at home we fight the battle of Freedom everywhere.
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gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Sumner asserts that the struggle for freedom in America is part of a larger global fight for liberty.
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The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
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.
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.
Above all, welcome to the united regenerated Democracy of the North, which spurns the mockery of a Republic, with professions of Freedom on the lips, while the chains of Slavery clank in the Capitol!
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