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The policy of Slavery, which has so long prevailed, must give place to the policy of Freedom.
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Sumner insists that the policy of slavery must be replaced with a policy of freedom.
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It is larger than the entire profit of all the commerce and manufactures of the world.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
It is clear that the only question of present practical interest arises from the usurpations of the Slave Power and the efforts to extend Slavery.
Tendencies of nations, as revealed in history, teach that our aims are in harmony with prevailing laws, which God, in his benevolence, has ordained for mankind.
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