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The constant duel between the Nation and the States must cease.
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Sumner calls for an end to the conflict between national and state authority.
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Controlled by such a code, employing such representatives, sustained by such agencies, animated by such Furies, and producing such fruits of tears and bitterness, it must be open to question.
This will be the FREEDOM POWER, whose single object will be to resist the SLAVE POWER.
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