Charles Sumner: “Let all good men do this, and they will form a party by themselves, a…”

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Let all good men do this, and they will form a party by themselves, a party acting in the fear of God, and sustained by the arm of Omnipotence....

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Sumner envisions a coalition of virtuous individuals united by moral principles, free from party tyranny.

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