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Resolved, That such a war becomes doubly hateful, when the lust of conquest is inflamed and stimulated by the passion to extend Slavery and to strengthen the Slave Power.
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In this resolution, Sumner highlights the moral repugnance of wars driven by the desire to expand slavery.
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