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The present bill is regarded as essential to enforce the prohibition of Slavery, and Congress, in the exercise of its discretion under the Constitution, has passed it.
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Sumner emphasizes the importance of a bill aimed at enforcing the prohibition of slavery as a constitutional necessity.
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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.
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.
The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
Again I repeat, so long as the War System prevails under the sanction of International Law, these painful incongruities will be apparent.
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