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The first condition of prosperity is security; but this is absolutely wanting throughout the unhappy region.
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Sumner states that security is a prerequisite for prosperity, which is lacking in the South.
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Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
Again I repeat, so long as the War System prevails under the sanction of International Law, these painful incongruities will be apparent.
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