On the record
Here is an exceptional crime,--one of the most atrocious in the history of any country.
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Sumner condemns a specific crime against the Cheyenne Indians as one of the most heinous in history.
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Their existence is a disgrace to civilization; for it implies the common consent of nations to the Arbitrament of War, as regulated by these laws.
Still further: every ship-of-war that floats costs more than a well-endowed college.
Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
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.
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