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They hand over to the future what I wish to see accomplished at once, and what I cannot doubt with a firm will can be accomplished at an early day.
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Sumner asserts the importance of immediate action over future promises in financial matters.
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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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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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