I hope to meet such cases as yours by some general enactment; and as soon as the condition of the country will permit, I shall be the first to advocate the removal of all disabilities under which you labor at present.
Sumner expresses his commitment to advocating for the removal of disabilities affecting individuals.
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Nay, more,--if it would be criminal in these several clusters of States to reëstablish the Institution of War as Arbiter of Justice, then is it criminal in the Commonwealth of Nations to continue it.
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.
It applies an arrogant and unrelenting ostracism to all who express themselves against Slavery.
The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
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