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These things in themselves are bad, very bad; but they are worse, when regarded as natural offspring of the Oligarchy now swaying the country.
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Sumner reflects on the negative consequences of the actions taken by the ruling Oligarchy in the country.
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They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
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