Charles Sumner: “It concerns the grandest interests of our own Commonwealth, and also…”

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It concerns the grandest interests of our own Commonwealth, and also of the Union in which we are an indissoluble link.

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Massachusetts

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Here, Sumner emphasizes the importance of both state and national interests in his role.

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Charles Sumner: “It concerns the grandest interests of our own Commonwealth, and also of the Union in which we are an indissoluble link.”