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Considering the simplicity of the question, well may we be astonished at much that has been intruded into this debate.
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Sumner expresses surprise at the complexity introduced into a straightforward debate, calling for clarity.
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Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
This will be the FREEDOM POWER, whose single object will be to resist the SLAVE POWER.
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