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Who can fail to see the difference between the two cases, and how far the tyranny of the Slave Act is beyond the tyranny of the Stamp Act?
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gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Sumner emphasizes the greater tyranny of the Slave Act compared to the Stamp Act, urging recognition of this difference.
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The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
It is larger than the entire profit of all the commerce and manufactures of the world.
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