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I would make the present sure, and fix it forevermore and immortal in an Act of Congress.
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Sumner advocates for solidifying the Proclamation of Emancipation through an Act of Congress to ensure its permanence.
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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!
According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
Their existence is a disgrace to civilization; for it implies the common consent of nations to the Arbitrament of War, as regulated by these laws.
Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
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