Charles Sumner: “But no such tyranny is proposed among us,--nor any interference of any…”

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But no such tyranny is proposed among us,--nor any interference of any kind with matters local in character.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner reassures that American governance will not impose tyranny or interfere with local matters.

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Early testimony of the Church against, I. 59.

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Charles Sumner: “But no such tyranny is proposed among us,--nor any interference of any kind with matters local in character.”