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Is not the true remedy by amending the journal so as to strike out his name?
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Sumner proposes a solution to amend the journal to remove a name associated with a conflict of interest, advocating for fairness in the Senate.
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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.
The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
Again I repeat, so long as the War System prevails under the sanction of International Law, these painful incongruities will be apparent.
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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