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And all these multiplying means of war, this drum-call in your peaceful streets and these gathering armies, are on account of Slavery, and that alone.
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In this statement, Sumner connects the mobilization for war directly to the existence of slavery.
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They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
Tendencies of nations, as revealed in history, teach that our aims are in harmony with prevailing laws, which God, in his benevolence, has ordained for mankind.
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