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With all the power derived from both these words, can any State undertake to establish a Caste and organize an Oligarchy of the Skin?
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Sumner argues against the establishment of a caste system based on skin color in the United States.
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The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
This will be the FREEDOM POWER, whose single object will be to resist the SLAVE POWER.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
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