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Promise, pledge, honor, oath, were all violated in this monstrous treason.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Promise, pledge, honor, oath, were all violated in this monstrous treason.”
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Sumner lists the broken promises and oaths of a leader as acts of treason.
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