Charles Sumner: “He proposed nothing short of general surrender; and thus did he…”

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He proposed nothing short of general surrender; and thus did he proclaim Slavery as the head and front, the very causa causans, of the whole crime.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner criticizes a proposal that would lead to the complete surrender to slavery.

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Charles Sumner: “He proposed nothing short of general surrender; and thus did he proclaim Slavery as the head and front, the very causa…”