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The President of the Black Republic calls the rejection an act of “good sense” and “wisdom”; the President of the United States calls it an act of “folly.” Am I wrong?
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Sumner questions the differing perspectives on the treaty rejection between the U.S. and Dominican Presidents.
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Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
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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The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
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