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But most strangely do you seek to put down this rebellion by the abolition of Slavery twenty years, or even ten years, from now.
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Sumner criticizes the idea of delaying the abolition of slavery as ineffective in addressing rebellion.
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The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
It is true, doubtless, that there are various races of men; but there is but one great Human Family, in which Caucasian, Ethiopian, Chinese, and Indian are all brothers, children of one Father, and heirs to one happiness.
They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
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