Charles Sumner: “It is a calm and statesmanlike argument in favor of suppressing this…”

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It is a calm and statesmanlike argument in favor of suppressing this guilty Rebellion by removing its guilty cause.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner argues for suppressing rebellion by addressing its root causes.

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Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.

Men are erring and mortal; principles are steadfast and immortal.

It is larger than the entire profit of all the commerce and manufactures of the world.

The devices of party can no longer stave it off.

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Charles Sumner: “It is a calm and statesmanlike argument in favor of suppressing this guilty Rebellion by removing its guilty cause.”