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They will take note that amnesty has been secured, while nothing is secured to them.
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Sumner points out the disparity between securing amnesty and the lack of security for the rights of the colored race.
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But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
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