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The proposition was amended, modified, mitigated, losing something of its offensiveness in form, but it still remained substantially offensive.
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Sumner acknowledges that while a proposal was modified, it still retained its offensive nature.
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The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
Controlled by such a code, employing such representatives, sustained by such agencies, animated by such Furies, and producing such fruits of tears and bitterness, it must be open to question.
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