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Triumphant over the foulest wrong ever inflicted, after the bloodiest war ever waged, it will know the majesty of Right and the beauty of Peace, prepared always to uphold the one and to cultivate the other.
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Sumner describes the Republic's triumph over wrongs and its commitment to justice and peace.
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In this contest, we may borrow from the ancient Greek, who, when his hands were cut off, fought with his stumps, and even with his teeth.
Their existence is a disgrace to civilization; for it implies the common consent of nations to the Arbitrament of War, as regulated by these laws.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
This will be the FREEDOM POWER, whose single object will be to resist the SLAVE POWER.
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