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It is, that the Union permitted and still permits Slavery,--therefore foreign nations may recognize Rebel Slavery as a new power.
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Sumner argues that the existence of slavery in the Union justifies foreign recognition of the Confederacy.
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They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
Above all, welcome to the united regenerated Democracy of the North, which spurns the mockery of a Republic, with professions of Freedom on the lips, while the chains of Slavery clank in the Capitol!
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
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