They dare not let the conservative portion of the people at the North know that it is the design of the party with which they are associated to make uncompromising war upon the South,--to destroy its institutions at any cost of blood, to hunt down its people even to the extremity of death, if it be necessary.
Sumner critiques the political leaders for their reluctance to reveal their true intentions regarding the South.
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It is a cause which, though long kept in check throughout our country, as also in Europe, now confronts the people and their rulers, demanding to be heard.
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