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All that I propose is for their good, with which is intertwined the good of all.
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Sumner advocates for actions that benefit both the Rebel States and the nation as a whole.
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Again I repeat, so long as the War System prevails under the sanction of International Law, these painful incongruities will be apparent.
At Baltimore the delegation of the most important State in the Union, known to be in favor of the Wilmot Proviso, was refused admission to the Convention.
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.
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
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