Charles Sumner: “Let its practicability be demonstrated, and the country will command…”

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Let its practicability be demonstrated, and the country will command it to be done, as it has already commanded the opening of the Mississippi.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner expresses confidence that once proven feasible, the project will be demanded by the nation.

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