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Let me, then, confess my regret that Congress chooses to employ the military power for purposes of Reconstruction.
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Sumner expresses his regret regarding Congress's use of military power in the Reconstruction process.
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Again I repeat, so long as the War System prevails under the sanction of International Law, these painful incongruities will be apparent.
Without yielding to any of these extreme views with regard to the mischiefs or the benefits of party, all should agree that the only true and legitimate object of such an association is to uphold, advance, and develop certain principles…
Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.
Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
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