Now, if it be a violation of our Neutrality Act for one of those bodies to come in and fit out vessels in the United States, is it not equally so for the other?--or is our pretence of neutrality a falsehood, a cheat, and a delusion?
Sumner critiques the inconsistency of U.S. neutrality regarding foreign conflicts.
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Nay, more,--if it would be criminal in these several clusters of States to reëstablish the Institution of War as Arbiter of Justice, then is it criminal in the Commonwealth of Nations to continue it.
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
This will be the FREEDOM POWER, whose single object will be to resist the SLAVE POWER.
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