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Let it be said that he is not only the greatest nepotist among Presidents, but greater than all others together, and what Republican can reply?
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Sumner critiques a President for nepotism, suggesting it undermines the integrity of the office.
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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.
This will be the FREEDOM POWER, whose single object will be to resist the SLAVE POWER.
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
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