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We do not intend to contribute, by any conduct on our part, to increase the devotees at the shrine of this new idol.
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Sumner expresses a refusal to support the glorification of negative figures in politics.
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I agree with the Convention in the importance of the new organization; nor do I think there are many candid persons, recognizing morals as the soul of all true politics, who will hesitate in this conclusion.
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