Charles Sumner: “It sought nothing less than the dismemberment of our Nation and the…”

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It sought nothing less than the dismemberment of our Nation and the establishment of a new power with Slavery as its quickening principle.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner emphasizes the threat posed by slavery to the integrity of the nation.

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