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balance of power. Or it may arise from deeper causes — from race 

 antipathies, or i*eligious antagonisms. Whatever the causes of the fran- 

 tic slaughter, let us rejoice that we are a united people, with united 

 interests, and that no such desolation can overwhelm our fair land, or 

 reverse the advancing hand on the dial that indicates our growth in 

 Christian civilization. 



