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Madison anticipated this precise danger from Slavery, and upheld this precise grant of power in order to counteract the danger.
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Sumner discusses the foresight of James Madison regarding the dangers of slavery and the powers granted to counteract it.
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Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.
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But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
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