On the record
On the 4th of July of the present year, in a personal interview with the President, I said: “You need more men, not only at the North, but at the South, in the rear of the Rebels: you need the slaves.
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Sumner recounts a conversation with the President about the need for more soldiers, including slaves, in the war effort.
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Their existence is a disgrace to civilization; for it implies the common consent of nations to the Arbitrament of War, as regulated by these laws.
Above all, welcome to the united regenerated Democracy of the North, which spurns the mockery of a Republic, with professions of Freedom on the lips, while the chains of Slavery clank in the Capitol!
This will be the FREEDOM POWER, whose single object will be to resist the SLAVE POWER.
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
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