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I call that a vindication of Caste, and Caste in one of its most offensive forms.
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Sumner labels the Senator's stance as a defense of caste systems, which he finds offensive.
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The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
Let loyalty to one man be exchanged for Love to Man.
Above all, welcome to the united regenerated Democracy of the North, which spurns the mockery of a Republic, with professions of Freedom on the lips, while the chains of Slavery clank in the Capitol!
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