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It is the cause which I would keep ever foremost, and commend always to your support.
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Sumner stresses the importance of prioritizing the cause of justice and urging continued support from his audience.
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They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
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.
The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
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