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But an oath to support the Constitution by a claimant charged with disloyalty would be open to suspicion, at least, of lubricity and slippery uncertainty not creditable to the Senate.
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Sumner expresses skepticism about the validity of an oath taken by someone accused of disloyalty.
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Let loyalty to one man be exchanged for Love to Man.
As the Brotherhood of Man is practically recognized, it becomes impossible to restrict the feeling within any exclusive circle of country, and to set up an unchristian distinction of honor between civil war and international war.
Controlled by such a code, employing such representatives, sustained by such agencies, animated by such Furies, and producing such fruits of tears and bitterness, it must be open to question.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
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