I am sure that the President and people of the United States would be but too happy to let these men go free, unnatural and unpardonable as their offences have been, if by it they could emancipate the commerce of the world.
Sumner expresses a willingness to forgive in order to promote global commerce and peace.
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As the Brotherhood of Man is practically recognized, it becomes impossible to restrict the feeling within any exclusive circle of country, and to set up an unchristian distinction of honor between civil war and international war.
Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
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