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There are many among us, who, taking counsel of a sense of national wrong, would leave them to rest without settlement, so as to furnish a precedent for retaliation in kind, should England find herself at war.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “There are many among us, who, taking counsel of a sense of national wrong, would leave them to rest without settlement…”
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He warns against leaving grievances unresolved, suggesting it could lead to future retaliation.
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