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Say the word, and you can give to our armies this invaluable alliance,--you can change the rear-guard of the Rebellion into the advance-guard of the Union.
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Sumner urges that by enlisting slaves, the Union can turn the tide of the war in their favor.
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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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