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Blessed lot, amidst the harshness of war, to wield the arms and deal the blows under which the monster will surely fall!
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Sumner expresses a sense of honor in fighting against the evils of slavery during war.
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This will be the FREEDOM POWER, whose single object will be to resist the SLAVE POWER.
Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
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.
It applies an arrogant and unrelenting ostracism to all who express themselves against Slavery.
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