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It is the old troop of Slavery, with a few recruits, ready as of old for violence, cunning in device, and heartless in quibble.
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Sumner condemns the persistent threat of slavery and its violent tactics in American society.
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Their existence is a disgrace to civilization; for it implies the common consent of nations to the Arbitrament of War, as regulated by these laws.
Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
It is larger than the entire profit of all the commerce and manufactures of the world.
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