Charles Sumner: “And now the South refuses to perform the part which it originally…”

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And now the South refuses to perform the part which it originally proposed and assumed in this transaction.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner criticizes the South for failing to uphold its end of a political agreement regarding slavery.

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Charles Sumner: “And now the South refuses to perform the part which it originally proposed and assumed in this transaction.”