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Suppose such a proposition by Louis Napoleon or by the English Queen, made in formal speech to Chambers or Parliament, what would have been the feeling in our country?
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Suppose such a proposition by Louis Napoleon or by the English Queen, made in formal speech to Chambers or Parliament…”
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Sumner critiques the potential reaction in America to foreign propositions that threaten national sovereignty.
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