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You cannot sacrifice the freedman without endangering the peace of the country and the stability of our institutions.
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Sumner warns that sacrificing the rights of freedmen threatens national peace and institutional stability.
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The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
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But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
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