Charles Sumner: “Is it not better to follow this example, until positive, irresistible…”

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Is it not better to follow this example, until positive, irresistible exigencies of war compel us to depart from it?

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Massachusetts

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Sumner advocates for following historical examples against privateering unless absolutely necessary.

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Charles Sumner: “Is it not better to follow this example, until positive, irresistible exigencies of war compel us to depart from it?”