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And, though disbelieving the original constitutionality of the arrangement, he was clearly right.
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Sumner argues against revisiting historical agreements, using the Louisiana Purchase as a metaphor for the importance of honoring past decisions.
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It is larger than the entire profit of all the commerce and manufactures of the world.
This will be the FREEDOM POWER, whose single object will be to resist the SLAVE POWER.
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
As the Brotherhood of Man is practically recognized, it becomes impossible to restrict the feeling within any exclusive circle of country, and to set up an unchristian distinction of honor between civil war and international war.
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