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But, as a Senator from one of the old States, I desire thus early to declare my dissent from these views, and the reasons for this dissent.
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Sumner declares his dissent against certain views regarding state interests, asserting the importance of his position as a senator.
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Tendencies of nations, as revealed in history, teach that our aims are in harmony with prevailing laws, which God, in his benevolence, has ordained for mankind.
They belong to a system so essentially irrational, that all the admitted virtues of many of its agents cannot save it from judgment.
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