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The two should go on side by side,--guardian angels of the Republic.
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Sumner metaphorically describes Reconstruction and Protection as guardian angels of the Republic.
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Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
I am opposed to a tariff for protection merely, and not for revenue."--Letter to John K.
It applies an arrogant and unrelenting ostracism to all who express themselves against Slavery.
They belong to a system so essentially irrational, that all the admitted virtues of many of its agents cannot save it from judgment.
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