On the record
Fellow-citizens,--Another year has gone round, and you are once more called to bear testimony at the polls to those truths which you deem vital in the government of the country.
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Sumner calls upon citizens to reaffirm their commitment to vital truths in governance during elections.
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They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
Their existence is a disgrace to civilization; for it implies the common consent of nations to the Arbitrament of War, as regulated by these laws.
Tendencies of nations, as revealed in history, teach that our aims are in harmony with prevailing laws, which God, in his benevolence, has ordained for mankind.
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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