Charles Sumner: “I do not intend to speak of War Debts, under whose accumulated weight…”

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I do not intend to speak of War Debts, under whose accumulated weight these nations are now pressed to earth, being the terrible legacy of the Past.

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Sumner reflects on the heavy burden of War Debts that nations carry as a legacy of past conflicts.

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Charles Sumner: “I do not intend to speak of War Debts, under whose accumulated weight these nations are now pressed to earth, being the…”