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In the name of Heaven, let us spare no effort to save the country from such shame, and an oppressed people from the additional outrage.
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In a passionate plea, Sumner calls for efforts to protect the country and oppressed people from shame and outrage.
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But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
Nay, more,--if it would be criminal in these several clusters of States to reëstablish the Institution of War as Arbiter of Justice, then is it criminal in the Commonwealth of Nations to continue it.
Confessing the Fatherhood of God, and the consequent Brotherhood of Man, we find a divine standard of unquestionable accuracy.
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