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They will continue to assert the inferiority of the African; and they would to-day, if possible, precipitate the United States into a foreign war, believing they could then reassert and obtain their independence.
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Sumner warns of the ongoing racial prejudice and the potential for Southern leaders to provoke conflict to regain independence.
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