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In other words, the usurper was maintained in power by our guns.
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Sumner critiques the role of U.S. military power in supporting a foreign leader.
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The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
Men are erring and mortal; principles are steadfast and immortal.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
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