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As an exposition of the American theory of Republicanism, this speech is unsurpassed in the history of American oratory.
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Sumner describes his speech as an unmatched exposition of Republicanism in American history.
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It is larger than the entire profit of all the commerce and manufactures of the world.
According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
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!
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