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I dismiss the apologies with the conclusion, that in the matters to which they invite attention his Presidency is an enormous failure.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner concludes that the President's actions warrant a judgment of failure in his leadership.

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