We must limit the war to the purposes so distinctly avowed by the Administration, or the sun of our national prosperity will set in darkness and gloom, to rise again, if at all, only after years of bloodshed and anarchy.
Sumner emphasizes the importance of limiting war objectives to avoid national decline and chaos.
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