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The whole pretension is one of the false glosses fastened upon the National Constitution by Slavery, which must now be sloughed off.
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He argues that slavery has distorted the interpretation of the Constitution.
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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.
Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.
The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
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