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Without pomp or military escort, the President entered the Capital of the Rebellion, and walked its streets, from which Slavery had fled forever.
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Sumner reflects on the President's quiet entry into the capital after the Civil War, symbolizing the end of slavery.
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The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
Above all, welcome to the united regenerated Democracy of the North, which spurns the mockery of a Republic, with professions of Freedom on the lips, while the chains of Slavery clank in the Capitol!
Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
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