Charles Sumner: “You are to fix the securities of the future, and especially to see…”

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You are to fix the securities of the future, and especially to see that a republican government is guarantied in an the Rebel States.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner emphasizes the responsibility to ensure republican governance in the Rebel States.

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