Charles Sumner: “The claims were never “desperate,” except so far as they were doomed…”

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The claims were never “desperate,” except so far as they were doomed to meet the counter-claims of France.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner defends the legitimacy of American claims against France, stating they were not desperate.

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Charles Sumner: “The claims were never “desperate,” except so far as they were doomed to meet the counter-claims of France.”