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Sumner’s noble words--words worthy alike of the man and of his theme--is a cheering foretaste of the triumph which cannot be long deferred.
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Sumner's eloquent words are seen as a hopeful indication of an impending victory for the cause he supports.
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Controlled by such a code, employing such representatives, sustained by such agencies, animated by such Furies, and producing such fruits of tears and bitterness, it must be open to question.
Again I repeat, so long as the War System prevails under the sanction of International Law, these painful incongruities will be apparent.
Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.
This will be the FREEDOM POWER, whose single object will be to resist the SLAVE POWER.
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