Charles Sumner: “No man living that Treason would so much rejoice to see struck down as…”

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No man living that Treason would so much rejoice to see struck down as yourself; and many there are who would strike, if they dared.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner warns of the dangers faced by prominent figures in the political landscape of his time.

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