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Clearly it will be a warning to slave-traders, and also notice to the civilized world that at last we are in earnest, while it helps make the slave-trade detestable.
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Here, Sumner argues that the punishment serves as a warning against the slave trade and signals a serious commitment to its abolition.
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Nay, more,--if it would be criminal in these several clusters of States to reëstablish the Institution of War as Arbiter of Justice, then is it criminal in the Commonwealth of Nations to continue it.
Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
It is clear that the only question of present practical interest arises from the usurpations of the Slave Power and the efforts to extend Slavery.
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