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It is plain to all who have not forgotten history, that England never can be guilty of such recognition without unpardonable apostasy; nor can she intervene by way of mediation, except in the interests of Freedom.
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Sumner asserts that England's recognition of certain actions would be a betrayal of its historical principles.
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