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Alas! alas! we, too, may play into Rebel hands, when, out of strange and incomprehensible forbearance, we refuse to touch Slavery, which is the very life of the Rebellion.
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Sumner warns that failing to confront slavery could aid the rebellion, emphasizing its central role.
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