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And yet I cannot give such a vote without warning the Government against the dangers from such an experiment.
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Sumner expresses caution about a governmental decision he is about to support.
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They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
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