Already in these remarks I have pictured the financial anarchy of our country, the natural reflection of the political; but the strongest illustration is in a disordered currency, which is present to everybody with a dollar in his pocket.
Sumner illustrates the chaos in the financial system as a reflection of the political turmoil in the country.
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Confessing the Fatherhood of God, and the consequent Brotherhood of Man, we find a divine standard of unquestionable accuracy.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
I am opposed to a tariff for protection merely, and not for revenue."--Letter to John K.
As the Brotherhood of Man is practically recognized, it becomes impossible to restrict the feeling within any exclusive circle of country, and to set up an unchristian distinction of honor between civil war and international war.
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