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Charles Sumner: “It is natural that parties in our country should take their strongest complexion from National affairs, because these…”

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It is natural that parties in our country should take their strongest complexion from National affairs, because these affairs are of the most absorbing interest.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

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He explains that national affairs tend to dominate the political landscape in the United States.

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