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The case is aggravated, when we consider the boundless resources of the country, through which in a short time even this great debt will be lightened, if the praters of Repudiation are silenced.
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Sumner expresses optimism that the nation's resources can alleviate its debt if the rhetoric of repudiation is silenced.
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