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Such is the broad statement, which, even if correct, furnishes no Apology for any proposed ratification of the Crime, but which is in reality untrue; and this I call the Apology of imbecility.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Such is the broad statement, which, even if correct, furnishes no Apology for any proposed ratification of the Crime…”
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Sumner dismisses the claim of presidential powerlessness in addressing a crime, labeling it an inadequate excuse.
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