Charles Sumner: “It is even proposed to surrender the principle of Freedom in the…”

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It is even proposed to surrender the principle of Freedom in the Territories,--the Fort Sumter of the North.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner criticizes proposals to compromise the principle of freedom in the Territories.

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Charles Sumner: “It is even proposed to surrender the principle of Freedom in the Territories,--the Fort Sumter of the North.”