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Pardoned Rebels will never look with complacency upon the national debt, or the interest which testifies semiannually to its magnitude.
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Sumner warns that pardoned rebels will not support the national debt, affecting financial stability.
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As the Brotherhood of Man is practically recognized, it becomes impossible to restrict the feeling within any exclusive circle of country, and to set up an unchristian distinction of honor between civil war and international war.
The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
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