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It is enough that a man is a patriot for Rebels to make war upon him.
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Sumner states that patriots are targeted by Rebels, illustrating the dangers of loyalty during Reconstruction.
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Again I repeat, so long as the War System prevails under the sanction of International Law, these painful incongruities will be apparent.
Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
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.
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