Charles Sumner: “I return, then, to my proposition, that the duty of the hour is…”

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I return, then, to my proposition, that the duty of the hour is protection to the loyal and patriotic citizen.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner reaffirms that the primary duty at this moment is to protect loyal citizens.

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Charles Sumner: “I return, then, to my proposition, that the duty of the hour is protection to the loyal and patriotic citizen.”