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It will be simply true to its past history, as well as to its present animosities, when this State leads in the repudiation of the national debt.
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Sumner asserts that Mississippi's actions reflect its historical tendencies and current hostilities regarding the national debt.
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They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
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