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Here was a release of all outstanding obligations of the United States under those famous treaties which assured National Independence.
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Sumner reflects on the release of obligations under treaties that were crucial for national independence.
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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.
According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
Again I repeat, so long as the War System prevails under the sanction of International Law, these painful incongruities will be apparent.
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