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Those governments, whether State or municipal, are just so many engines of Rebel influence.
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Sumner describes existing state and municipal governments as tools of Rebel influence.
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This will be the FREEDOM POWER, whose single object will be to resist the SLAVE POWER.
It applies an arrogant and unrelenting ostracism to all who express themselves against Slavery.
Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
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