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To this end the cries of faction must be silenced, and the wickedness of sedition, whether in print or public speech, must be suppressed.
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Sumner calls for the suppression of factional cries and sedition.
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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!
In this contest, we may borrow from the ancient Greek, who, when his hands were cut off, fought with his stumps, and even with his teeth.
Men are erring and mortal; principles are steadfast and immortal.
Again I repeat, so long as the War System prevails under the sanction of International Law, these painful incongruities will be apparent.
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