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Charles Sumner: “If attacks upon the Republican party here at home have caused a different impression in any quarter, the responsibility…”

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If attacks upon the Republican party here at home have caused a different impression in any quarter, the responsibility belongs to those who have constantly and systematically maligned and misrepresented us.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

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He holds those who misrepresent the Republican party accountable for any negative perceptions.

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