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If this war does not settle all issues, and settle them forever, it will be because the General Government fails to use the power it has obtained.
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Sumner argues that if the Civil War does not resolve all issues, it will be due to the federal government's failure to act decisively.
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Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
Again I repeat, so long as the War System prevails under the sanction of International Law, these painful incongruities will be apparent.
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.
Controlled by such a code, employing such representatives, sustained by such agencies, animated by such Furies, and producing such fruits of tears and bitterness, it must be open to question.
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