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Even if the Republic were less strong, yet I am glad to believe that the Rebellion must fail from the essential impossibility of any such wicked success.
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Sumner expresses confidence that the Rebellion will ultimately fail due to its inherent impossibility.
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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!
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But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
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