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You can vindicate the Union only by his prostration.
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Sumner argues that the preservation of the Union is incompatible with the continuation of slavery.
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It applies an arrogant and unrelenting ostracism to all who express themselves against Slavery.
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
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