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Next comes the fountain, “Congress shall have power to declare war, to raise and support armies, to provide and maintain a navy.” A power like this is from its nature unlimited.
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Sumner describes Congress's extensive powers related to war, indicating their potential impact on slavery.
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Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
I agree with the Convention in the importance of the new organization; nor do I think there are many candid persons, recognizing morals as the soul of all true politics, who will hesitate in this conclusion.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
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