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I adduce them for a more moderate purpose,--simply to put the Senate on its guard against any assumption of power in this matter.
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Sumner advises the Senate to be cautious and vigilant against any overreach of power based on uncertain legal precedents.
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Nay, more,--if it would be criminal in these several clusters of States to reëstablish the Institution of War as Arbiter of Justice, then is it criminal in the Commonwealth of Nations to continue it.
The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
Men are erring and mortal; principles are steadfast and immortal.
As the Brotherhood of Man is practically recognized, it becomes impossible to restrict the feeling within any exclusive circle of country, and to set up an unchristian distinction of honor between civil war and international war.
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