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In condemning them, in condemning Massachusetts, in condemning these remonstrants, you simply give proper conclusion to the utterance on this floor, that the Declaration of Independence is "a self-evident lie.
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Sumner critiques the condemnation of Massachusetts, linking it to a betrayal of the Declaration of Independence.
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Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
It is a cause which, though long kept in check throughout our country, as also in Europe, now confronts the people and their rulers, demanding to be heard.
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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