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It is simply and austerely “No,” with an emphasis that shall silence argument and extinguish hope itself.
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He stresses the importance of a definitive rejection to prevent further debate or false hope.
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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!
This will be the FREEDOM POWER, whose single object will be to resist the SLAVE POWER.
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According to recent calculations, its annual cost is not less than a thousand millions of dollars.
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