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Here was affirmation and denial: first, affirmation of the National Unity; and, secondly, denial of any independent foothold to Rebel Slavery.
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Sumner outlines the dual affirmation of national unity and the denial of slavery's legitimacy.
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It is larger than the entire profit of all the commerce and manufactures of the world.
They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
Controlled by such a code, employing such representatives, sustained by such agencies, animated by such Furies, and producing such fruits of tears and bitterness, it must be open to question.
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