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The declared will of the American people, registered at the ballot-box, was set at nought.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “The declared will of the American people, registered at the ballot-box, was set at nought.”
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This statement reflects Sumner's outrage at the disregard for the people's will as expressed through democratic processes.
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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.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
It is true, doubtless, that there are various races of men; but there is but one great Human Family, in which Caucasian, Ethiopian, Chinese, and Indian are all brothers, children of one Father, and heirs to one happiness.
It is a cause which, though long kept in check throughout our country, as also in Europe, now confronts the people and their rulers, demanding to be heard.
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