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War would not be confined to the two governments representing respectively the two hostile principles, Slavery and Liberty.
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Sumner warns that war will extend beyond the two opposing governments to the populace.
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Rather would I arouse you to renewed and incessant exertion.
It is larger than the entire profit of all the commerce and manufactures of the world.
As the Brotherhood of Man is practically recognized, it becomes impossible to restrict the feeling within any exclusive circle of country, and to set up an unchristian distinction of honor between civil war and international war.
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.
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