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In case of foreign war, or domestic insurrection, slaves not only do not add to, but diminish the faculty of self-defence.
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He warns that slaves can hinder a nation's ability to defend itself during crises.
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The spirit of freedom and the spirit of slavery are drawing together for the deadly conflict of arms.
May the Ruler of the universe preserve you from such degradation! 'Freedom!
Union!' be this the watchword of your camp; and if Ate, hot from hell, will come and cry 'Havoc!' fight--fight and conquer, under the banner of universal freedom.
They have transmitted that freedom to you; and upon you now devolves the duty of transmitting it unimpaired to your posterity.
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