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If you madly persevere, Kansas will not be without her William Tell, who will refuse at all hazards to recognize the tyrannical edict; and this will be the beginning of civil war.
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Sumner warns that continued oppression in Kansas will lead to resistance and potential civil war, invoking the spirit of defiance.
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