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Pass this bill, and you supersede strife on this much-vexed and disturbing question in other States of the Union.
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Sumner urges the passage of a bill to resolve ongoing conflicts, indicating his commitment to peace and stability in the Union.
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But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
It is larger than the entire profit of all the commerce and manufactures of the world.
They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
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