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But a better saying is, “Principles and Men.” I am for the principles of the Republican Party in contradiction to Grantism, and I am for the man who truly represents them.
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Sumner advocates for both principles and the right leaders, emphasizing his support for the Republican Party's true values.
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Again I repeat, so long as the War System prevails under the sanction of International Law, these painful incongruities will be apparent.
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
Controlled by such a code, employing such representatives, sustained by such agencies, animated by such Furies, and producing such fruits of tears and bitterness, it must be open to question.
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