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Will not every civilized nation, when the nature of this Confederacy is understood, come to the side of the United States, and refuse all association with them, as, in truth, they are, hostes humani generis?
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In this statement, Sumner predicts that civilized nations will reject any association with a confederacy that embodies tyranny.
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