Charles Sumner: “All intervention in the internal affairs of another nation is contrary…”

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All intervention in the internal affairs of another nation is contrary to law and reason, and can be vindicated only by overruling necessity.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner asserts that intervention in another nation's internal affairs is generally unlawful and only justified by necessity.

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Charles Sumner: “All intervention in the internal affairs of another nation is contrary to law and reason, and can be vindicated only by…”