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It is to provide for the common defence: but Slavery causes common weakness.
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Sumner claims that slavery undermines national defense, contrary to the Constitution's intent.
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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.
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