Charles Sumner: “I agree with the Governor; and when I ask your attention to this…”

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I agree with the Governor; and when I ask your attention to this outrage, I make myself his representative, as well as my own.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner aligns himself with the Governor's condemnation of the treatment of soldiers and the indignity faced by them.

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Charles Sumner: “I agree with the Governor; and when I ask your attention to this outrage, I make myself his representative, as well as…”